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Multiple eye witness videos regarding the current situation in Japan. It's quite apparent that there is large scale soil liquefaction taking place throughout the Island. To me, it appears as though the ground is "floating". Is Japan on the verge of sinking?
Originally posted by Wolfcomplex
I don't think these are video's of Japan sinking. There are many water-pipes and other water sources that could have gotten turned and twisted until they broke and started to seep water out on to the surface because the quake broke water/sewer pipes.edit on 16-4-2011 by Wolfcomplex because: Grammar and spelling.
Originally posted by Wolfcomplex
I don't think these are video's of Japan sinking. There are many water-pipes and other water sources that could have gotten turned and twisted until they broke and started to seep water out on to the surface because the quake broke water/sewer pipes.edit on 16-4-2011 by Wolfcomplex because: Grammar and spelling.
Originally posted by Wolfcomplex
I don't think these are video's of Japan sinking. There are many water-pipes and other water sources that could have gotten turned and twisted until they broke and started to seep water out on to the surface because the quake broke water/sewer pipes.edit on 16-4-2011 by Wolfcomplex because: Grammar and spelling.
Originally posted by intergalactic fire
reply to post by Klassified
cant find anything on this yet, where did you read that?
maybe anyone has some data on earlier events where this occured?
and not only from islandquakes, but more in-land?
The scale of Japan's March 11 earthquake and tsunami wasn't the only thing that surprised geologists.
The 9.0 earthquake in Japan — the fourth most powerful quake ever recorded — also caused an unusually severe and widespread shift in soil through liquefaction, a new study suggests.
Near coastlines, harbors and rivers, earthquakes can make the wet, sandy soil jiggle, turning it temporarily from a solid to a liquid state, a process known as liquefaction. Heavy sand and rock sinks, while water and lighter sand bubble to the surface. The slurry spreads, often toward the water, and the surface shifts.
Originally posted by dreamingawake
Reclaimed land, sea level built up cities, yearly ocean level rise, sure the water level rose due to the disaster. Even in the US coastal areas, namely beaches have sand added because of natural erosion and yearly rising levels(natural or not). I think it's possible as it sinking or if not most of it washing away.