On: Liquefaction from the Sendai earthquake – a remark...

[wmwong]

For those of us who are not familiar with the term liquefaction. In simple terms, I think it means the soil becomes like quick sand because of the earthquake.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earthquake_liquefaction

[michaelcampbell → wmwong]

Exactly. Liquefaction is not water coming up from the ground, although that's a side effect of it.