Which risk increases when earthquake-induced liquefaction weakens ground infrastructure on a coastal slope?

💡 Explanation

When liquefaction weakens coastal slopes following an earthquake, soil shear strength decreases because pore water pressure increases, leading to slope instability and accelerated mass wasting. Therefore accelerated coastal erosion results, rather than tsunamis, biodiversity changes, or carbon sequestration shifts, which involve distinct geophysical processes.

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