Postearthquake deformations of the Wildlife site, Imperial Valley, Cal
if., following the 1987 Superstition Hills earthquake, have been inter
preted by finite-element deformation analyses. The analyses consider t
he stress redistribution and reconsolidation caused by the development
of liquefaction. The stress redistribution analysis was conducted und
er fully undrained condition to consider the effects of strain-softeni
ng behavior of liquefied materials. The reconsolidation analysis was c
onducted using Biot's theory to consider the effects of dissipation of
excess pore-water pressures. The results reveal that the delayed pore
-water pressure response and deformation may be due to the redistribut
ion of stresses and porewater pressures.