Usually means: Eruption of sand from ground.
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Definitions from Wiktionary (sand boil)

noun:  (geology) An eruption of water through a bed of sand due, for instance, to seismic activity, or to differences in water pressure on two sides of a levee which causes water to penetrate beneath the levee.
noun:  (pathology, rare) A boil which forms when sand particles enter and irritate the skin.

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