Japan Earthquake - Liquefaction in Makuhari

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Uploaded by on Mar 26, 2011

This video was taken just moments after the 9.0 earthquake on March 11, 2011 in Central Park of Makuhari, Chiba City, Japan. It shows fissures moving and water from liquefaction coming to the surface. (There were no broken water pipes, as I initially wondered.)

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  • This is a very good video of liquefaction. Did the tsunami reach this area? Did you have any idea at the time that the tsunami was on the way?

  • @msharelick

    No - this is in the city of Chiba, near Tokyo. No tsunami here. This was immediately after the quake and I had no idea where the epicenter was, whether there was any significant damage, or that a tsunami was about to strike northern Japan.

  • Liquefaction can make soil, especially in backfill areas such as that, into quicksand and can become very dangerous for buildings.

  • @vicecitystalker

    The buildings in this area had no damage. Their foundations go down into the solid bedrock. Even though all of that was shaking as well, the liquefaction did not affect their integrity.

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  • The land is floating with water :(

  • I'm pretty sure I found where this park in the video is located on Google maps.

    35.644912,140.042784 (Makuhari Kaihin Park, Chiba Chiba, Japan)

  • 0:13 you can hear it tearing up, wow...

  • awesome job! never seen anything like this, and so matter-of-fact.

  • is that entire area still available to the public? or has it been shutdown for demolition work? there is no way as a resident that I'd step foot onto that land knowing that it could all just fall apart and into the bay in the blink of an eye. That is truly insane!! you're more insane for staying on that. LOL I know me personally, I'd have run like hell back to where those skyscrapers were since they sit on bedrock HOLY S!!!

  • Amazing video! You kept your cool and captured something unique. I

  • THAT'S AN AWESOME LITTLE PAGODA WITH THE SOMBRERO ROOF AT THE END!

  • Mother nature is purely awesome.

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