India's earthquake monitoring agency, the National Centre for Seismology (NCS), has said the earthquake that hit Myanmar and ...

NCS explains how soil liquefaction and building vibrations contributed to severe damage in Myanmar-Thailand earthquake.

A rescue team in Mandalay, the city closest to the earthquake's epicentre, tells the BBC they "are digging people out with ...

Myanmar quake: Soil liquefaction caused severe damage, says Indian agency NCS Soil liquefaction when soil loses its characteristics and behaves like thick liquid was also one of the reasons for ...

A powerful earthquake struck Myanmar and Thailand, causing severe structural damage due to soil liquefaction and matching ...

Moreover, soil liquefaction was also a major cause of the damage, said O P Mishra, head of the NCS. This is defined as a phenomenon when the ground starts acting like a liquid instead of solid ...

A massive earthquake struck Myanmar and Thailand, causing severe damage due to soil liquefaction and frequency matching with ...

Damage from soil liquefaction was particularly serious in areas around sand dunes and bars, often found along the Sea of Japan, said Shigeki Senna, a member of the NIED’s research team.

The January 1 Noto Peninsula Earthquake caused widespread liquefaction. Houses and roads sustained damage when loosely packed, waterlogged sediments at or near the ground surface lost their strength.

Liquefaction can cause major damage during an earthquake. In this lesson plan, students explore the effects of liquefaction when a damaging earthquake strikes by building a simple model.