Title: "Sand Boil" on Bay Bridge
Description: "Sand boil" or sand volcano measuring 2 m (6.6 ft) in length erupted in median of Interstate Highway 80 west of the Bay Bridge toll plaza when ground shaking transformed loose water-saturated deposit of subsurface sand into a sand-water slurry (liquefaction). Vented sand contains-marine shell fragments.
Location: Bay Bridge, CA, USA
Date Taken: 10/17/1989
Photographer: J.C. Tinsley,
U.S. Geological Survey
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