<story><title>Liquefaction from the Sendai earthquake – a remarkable video</title><url>http://blogs.agu.org/landslideblog/2011/03/17/liquefaction-from-the-sendai-earthquake/</url><text></text></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>martinkallstrom</author><text>Even more startling is the liquefaction happening in Christchurch:&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2WoKu5VxKgs&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2WoKu5VxKgs&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;Here is an awesome video by a Christchurcher showing how the sediments pouring up through earthquake cracks have the perfect mixture of water and soil to be prone to liquefaction:&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1KqlAMWMjOE&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1KqlAMWMjOE&lt;/a&gt;</text></comment>
<story><title>Liquefaction from the Sendai earthquake – a remarkable video</title><url>http://blogs.agu.org/landslideblog/2011/03/17/liquefaction-from-the-sendai-earthquake/</url><text></text></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>wmwong</author><text>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.&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earthquake_liquefaction&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earthquake_liquefaction&lt;/a&gt;</text></comment>