A photograph of liquefaction volcanos in a garden.
A photograph of liquefaction volcanos in a garden.
A photograph of a silt volcano. Silt volcanoes are caused by liquefaction, when the soil loses its strength during the earthquake and the silt rises upwards, ejecting out of a hole like magma in a volcano.
A "sand volcano" of liquefaction silt.
A typical "sand volcano" caused by liquefaction where the soil loses its strength during the earthquake and the silt rises upwards, ejecting out of a hole like magma in a volcano.
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Robbie watches a sand volcano smother his driveway.
A photograph of a liquefaction volcano in a garden. A pen has been placed on the mound as a size reference.
A photograph of a liquefaction volcano in a garden. A pen has been placed on the mound as a size reference.
A photograph of a liquefaction volcano in a garden. A pen has been placed on the mound as a size reference.
This has made a huge mess for the residents to clean up. I heard on the news that homes have been damaged by subsidence in areas of earthquake-caused liquefaction like this.
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This one was really flowing out of the ground.
Debra points at the beginnings of a sand volcano not long after the big earthquake.
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Laura, Nicola, and Debra watch a sand volcano build in the Wyn Street gutter.
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These were scattered across the park.