Soil liquefaction describes a phenomenon whereby a saturated or partially saturated substantially loses strength and stiffness in response to an applied stress, usually earthquake shaking or other sudden change in stress condition, causing it to behave like a liquid.
It covers around 1,200,000 square miles.
https://www.britannica.com/place/West-Siberian-Plain
Um, Im not sure try this website
http://www.infoplease.com/encyclopedia/us/washington-state-united-states-geography.html
About 71 percent<span> of the Earth's surface is water-covered, and the oceans hold about </span>96.5 percent<span>of all Earth's water. Water also exists in the air as water vapor, in rivers and lakes, in icecaps and glaciers, in the ground as soil moisture and in aquifers</span>