What Happened To This Car?

Animations by PhD TV - http://phdcomics.com/tv/ Please support MinuteEarth on Patreon! - https://goo.gl/ZVgLQZ Thanks to the following Subbable supporters, who help make MinuteEarth possible: @nvnox Trevor Haagsma - http://www.ihaag.com/ Root Of X - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=INwHqJOraak Sombat Jiwariyavej from Bangkok Alejandro Alvarez :) And thanks to Robert Jones for helping us find the NatGeo article. His channel - http://www.youtube.com/user/themefund Here we explain how Port Royal - "the most wicked and sinful city in the world", cars, roads, and huge buildings can sink into the ground during during earthquakes or blasting. How much it costs to make MinuteEarth - http://dft.ba/-how_much_MinuteEarth_costs Created by Henry Reich Video Concept and Writing: Mary Beth Griggs Animation: Jorge Cham Production and Writing Team: Alex Reich, Peter Reich, Emily Elert, Ever Salazar Music: Nathaniel Schroeder: http://www.soundcloud.com/drschroeder MinuteEarth is available as a free iTunes podcast! - http://podcast.minuteearth.com/ Facebook - http://facebook.com/minuteearth Twitter - http://twitter.com/MinuteEarth MinuteEarth provides an energetic and entertaining view of trends in earth s environment -- in just a few minutes! Image Sources: Van in sink hole http://www.flickr.com/photos/martinluff/5470164110/] Liquefied road http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Liquefaction2,Nishishiro,Inashiki-city,Japan.jpg Japanese apartment complex tipped over http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Liquefaction_at_Niigata.JPG]. Car stuck in ground Mark Lincoln: http://www.nzraw.co.nz/images/New-Christchurch-Earthquake-Photos.jpg-60.jpg References: Link, M.C. February 1960. Exploring the Drowned City of Port Royal. National Geographic 117(2): 151-183. University of Washington Soil Liquefaction http://www.ce.washington.edu/~liquefaction/html/main.html University of Edinburgh Liquefaction Burton, S. & Scobie, G. http://liquefactionmitigation.weebly.com/index.html