Watch a Road 'Breathing' in Mexico After an Earthquake
September 25, 2017—In addition to lost lives and destroyed buildings, Mexico City's recent deadly earthquake caused a peculiar phenomenon. As a small crowd watched, a section of street buckled up and down repeatedly, creating a rhythm like that of a breathing animal. Resident Rigoberto Lechuga Silva recorded the seismic pulsing on his cell phone. An export who viewed the footage on social media believe it may be an effect of liquefaction, a process in which groundwater causes soil to flow like liquid.
