In earthquake-prone areas like Japan, there is a need for better prediction of soil stability to mitigate liquefaction risks. Towards this end, researchers have used machine learning models, including ...

Injection of nitrogen-consuming microbes into soils may be an effective, environment-friendly way to stabilize soils against liquefaction during earthquakes. In this image, a San Francisco apartment ...

On June 16, 1964, a magnitude 7.5 earthquake rocked Niigata, Japan. Though Japan had seen its share of earthquakes, this one was different. Buildings and structures were toppled intact and large sand ...

Floating on land: this storm drain was pushed up through the road in Christchurch by liquefaction caused by the 2010 Canterbury earthquake. (Courtesy: Martin Luff/CC BY-SA 2.0) Contrary to ...

During strong earthquakes, when the ground is loose and saturated, the ground can become fluid. This process is known as liquefaction, and while it may seem like a perhaps unnerving curiosity in the ...

A 7.5 magnitude earthquake shook Donggala and Palu in the island of Sulawesi, Indonesia on September 28, 2018, causing destruction that killed more than 1700 people. Not long, the public was shocked ...

An engineer on the ground in Christchurch says that New Zealand s seismic retrofit code and/or construction methods should be strengthened based on the damage to recently upgraded buildings. Many ...

According to local authorities one week after the 7.5 magnitude earthquake on Sulawesi, 5,000 people are still missing and could be dead. Almost 2,000 victims are confirmed, many more could be buried ...

Granular materials, like sand, appear like a solid, but under certain circumstances they can suddenly behave like a liquid. How this exactly happens is still a physical mystery. Water can play a role, ...

The AI-based model proposed by researchers from Japan provides detailed soil stability maps, allowing smart cities to identify safe construction zones and mitigate liquefaction risks. The proposed ...