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Liquefaction in Earthquakes

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Illustration of grains getting forced together in an earthquake. Text reads, "When the earthquake starts and the ground starts shaking, the sand grains bounce off each other."

View into a white tub filled with wet sand, toy buildings, and toy pipes. A person holding a rubber mallet taps the tub and water pools at the surface of the sand, causing toys to rise to the surface and tip. Text reads, "And what's happening to the pipes? The pipes are coming to the surface, just as we predicted."

Buildings in Japan that tipped over due to soil liquefaction during an earthquake. Text reads, "In that earthquake, no one got hurt in those buildings because it was a really slow tipping over."

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