“Even us who experienced it find it hard to believe," recounted a victim of liquefaction, a phenomenon that was triggered by the recent earthquake and tsunami in Indonesia. WSJ reporters ...

A phenomenon called liquefaction, which causes the ground to slump like quicksand, led to significant damage after the Myanmar earthquake. The risk of aftershock remains high.

PALU, Indonesia: Nearly seven years after a deadly disaster struck his hometown, Masdar Yusi is marking the Islamic holy month of Ramadan in his new house. The Indonesian had been living in a ...