GROUND FAILURE

• Liquefaction Liquefaction is a phenomenon in which the strength and stiffness of a soil is reduced by earthquake shaking or other rapid loading. Liquefaction and related phenomena have been responsible for tremendous amounts of damage in historical earthquakes around the world. This site is sponsered by UW Civil Engineering. It will not work in Netscape 6.2.*

• Landslides
  • Newhalem, WA Landslide triggered by storm, Nov. 9, 2003
  • Landslides triggered by storms, Nov-Dec 1998
  • Puget Sound Landslides, Washington Dept of Ecology
  • Shoreline Photos - From the WA Dept. of Ecology
  • USGS Landslide Pages
  • Landslides Triggered by the Winter 1996-97 Storms in the Puget Lowland, Washington (online edition) - From the USGS
  • Map Showing Recent and Historic Landslide Activity on Coastal Bluffs of Puget Sound Between Shilshole Bay and Everett, Washington - From the USGS

SUBSIDENCE AND UPLIFT