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If a solid is broken up into fine particles and is shaken vigorously (as can happen to the ground in earthquakes) the particles can never settle back down on the solid ground beneath but just vibrate around in like a kind of shimmering lake. If you step onto this, then if it is deep enough you will sink into it and disappear. That is called liquefaction.

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