Tuesday, March 15, 2011

Tokyo Disneyland hit by 'liquefaction' after quake

From Terra Daily..  Excerpts:

The car park at Tokyo Disneyland was drenched with water-logged segments from the ground following the 8.9-magnitude earthquake that rocked Japan's Pacific coast Friday, police said

It was earlier reported that a tsunami might have caused the inundation but police said the phenomenon was due to liquefaction of soil caused by the intense shaking of the tremor.

There were 69,000 people at the Disneyland and the adjacent Tokyo Disney Sea, built on a landfill in Tokyo Bay, when the quake occurred..

Future damage to Japan's reclaimed land WILL be a problem.

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