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Effects of Earthquakes
GROUND SHAKING
ENGINEERING ISSUES
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
TSUNAMIS
SUBSIDENCE AND UPLIFT
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