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Q: How does shaking ground cause soft sediment to liquefy?
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What intensifies ground shaking or cause the ground to settle?

magnitude


How do earthquakes cause deformed ground surface?

There are a few ways this can happen. First, earthquakes are associated with movement along faults. This movement can alter the surface terrain. The shaking of an earthquake can also cause wet soil and sediment to behave like a liquid.


What is the sudden stress changes in the earth that cause ground shaking.?

earth quakes


What is the sudden stress changes in the earth that cause ground shaking?

earth quakes


Will back rotors cause shaking to?

If they are warped they can cause shaking when braking.


Why tsunami happened in Japan?

The tsunami in Japan occurred because when the tectonic plates under ground move they cause an earthquake. Sometimes an earthquake can cause a tsunami from shaking underwater.


Is it true that above the temperature no amount of pressure will casue a gas to liquefy?

The critical temperature of a gas is the temperature at or above which no amount of pressure, however great, will cause the gas to liquefy.


What are earthqaukes?

An earthquake = a shaking or other movement of part of the earth's surface. It is caused by movement deep within the earth. Earthquakes can cause the ground to split.


Sudden stress changes in the Earth that cause ground shaking they occur at fault lines and near volcanic activity?

This is known as an earthquake or as seismic activity.


The sudden stress changes in the earth that cause ground shaking they occur at fault lines and near volcanic activities?

This is known as an earthquake or as seismic activity.


Violent shaking from an earthquake can cause soil and rock on slopes to move and cause a?

Violent shaking from an earthquake can cause soil and rock on slopes to fail and cause a landslide


Are sediment depositions caused by earthquakes?

Earthquakes can trigger (submarine)landslides and debris flows which can act to cause the deposition of sediment, however they are far from the only cause of sediment deposition.