The soils most susceptible to liquefaction are:

Saturated dense sand

Saturated fine and medium sands of uniform particle size

Saturated clays of uniform size

Saturated gravel and cobbles

Liquefaction is a phenomenon in which the strength and stiffness of a soil is reduced by earthquake shaking or other rapid loading.
Poorly drained fine-grained soils such as sandy, silty, and gravelly soils are the most susceptible to liquefaction.

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