Liquefaction
Soil liquefaction caused major damage to waterfront
facilities, structures, and buried pipelines at locations in the Bay Area where loose
saturated, sandy soils were susceptible to liquefaction. The numerous sandboils that were observed
provided indisputable evidence of the occurrence of liquefaction. Liquefaction was observed at a number
of sites, including the Oakland airport, sites along the Salinas River, and Moss Landing Marine Station
(right, below, USGS).
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