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Warpy

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8. The quake caused massive liquefaction of the sand

Mon Jul 3, 2017, 12:38 AM

Jul 2017

the port was built on, causing buildings to sink down into quicksand. Quicksand also killed many of the inhabitants. The whole city sank within minutes, leaving only the tops of the tallest buildings and the tips of the masts in the harbor visible above the water once the two events, subsidence of 2/3 of the town below sea level with the first shock and liquefaction causing most of the rest to sink as the quake rolled back and forth. Destruction was completed by multiple tsunamis sloshing back and forth through Kingston Harbor.

Something similar happened to Niigata, Japan in 1964. There is extremely poor quality video that shows water boiling up through the loose sand much of the port was built on:

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NGO is showing the lost world of Port Royal [View all] malaise Jul 2017 OP

I have a redware jug that was dove up from the bottom of the harbor. juxtaposed Jul 2017 #1

Wow - I look at stuff they dug up in the museum malaise Jul 2017 #2

If I come across a picture of it or come across it I'll post a picture of it. juxtaposed Jul 2017 #5

I've been watching Warpy Jul 2017 #3

Mindblowing malaise Jul 2017 #4

If I remember correctly the harbor sank quit a few feet, so the docks and warehouses where juxtaposed Jul 2017 #6

The quake caused massive liquefaction of the sand Warpy Jul 2017 #8

Is that in Jamaica? applegrove Jul 2017 #7

Yep malaise Jul 2017 #10

I just watched that! wow, a bad day! earthquake, island sinking and tsunamis leveled the rest Baclava Jul 2017 #9

Amazing how well that was drawn malaise Jul 2017 #11

Scary undersea topography, massive undersea landslides could happen at any time Baclava Jul 2017 #12