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This effect usually occurs when the ground underneath is fill earth or just sedimentation. Liquefaction caused most if the damage in the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake in San Francisco in the marina district. When liquefaction happens the buildings foundation fails and the building tilts and usually collapses.
