“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.

The earthquake triggered a tsunami and soil liquefaction, killing more than 5,000 people and displaced thousands more. It was the deadliest quake to hit Indonesia since 2006. Central Sulawesi’s ...