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Christchurch Earthquake Showing the sand liquefaction process with vibration
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Thank you to the 575,000+ people who have viewed this clip. It was only intended to show to a few friends what we were living upon and what came out of the ground in our recent series of earthquakes. Never in my life did I imagine it would go viral and get so much attention.. Thanks Again. .Hopefully this will help explain what Liquefaction is, and how it occurred during the earthquakes in Christchurch , New Zealand. Digging out the sand that was brought to the surface and deposited via Liquefaction and wheel-barrowing it out to the roadside. Watch how the saturated sand, under vibration, takes on the characteristics of a liquid ( it doesn't change to a liquid, but behaves like one) and then returns to a solid state once the movement ends. This is what happened in the earthq Show more