Narrator: During and immediately following the shaking, buildings could collapse. The main point is to protect your head and chest. The best thing to do, like we always say, is duck, cover, and hold. Vidale: People have this idea of running out of bed, out of their buildings, and that's a terrible idea, because a lot of what we see in earthquakes is people with broken legs and people who've run through glass. Narrator: If you are near the epicenter of the earthquake, it will be nearly impossible to stand. Basically something that we as a civilization have trouble creating, short of, like, a nuclear explosion. So the power of a magnitude 7.8 earthquake is probably close to the power used in the whole state for a year. Vidale: It's basically moving the ground several yards over an area of 50 square miles. According to a 2008 federal report, the most likely scenario is a 7.8 magnitude quake that would rupture a 200-mile stretch along the southernmost part of the fault. ![]() Narrator: In other words, we're overdue for a major shake. Vidale: We haven't had a big earthquake in Southern California really since 1857. The southern parts of the fault have remained inactive for over 200 years. ![]() Narrator: On average, the San Andreas Fault ruptures every 150 years. The major danger is from the earthquakes on the San Andreas Fault system. John Vidale: You know, here in California you have dangers from a number of different kinds of earthquakes. California is located in a hot zone of fault lines, the most notorious of them the San Andreas Fault. Narrator: While experts can't know exactly when a quake will occur, they have a pretty good idea of where. But when it hits, what will that actually look like? Here's what experts say could happen in the seconds, hours, and days after the big one. But neither of these compare to the long-awaited big one, which scientists predict will eventually rattle the golden coast. ![]() Narrator: On July 4, 2019, Ridgecrest, California, was hit with a 6.4 magnitude earthquake and then a 7.1 just one day later. Here's what will happen if the big one hits the West Coast. Narrator: Catastrophic earthquake scenarios have played out on the silver screen for decades, terrifying viewers with quakes that can collapse skyscrapers or topple entire cities. And for those who logically ask why I watched it (and wrote this): 'cause I'm interested in the topic of Popular Catastrophism.Account icon An icon in the shape of a person's head and shoulders. I can't find the motives for filming this reasonable enough, beside some seriously suspicious ones like time wasting.įinally, maybe the only good thing is the subject that should and could have been approached super-seriously (after many attempts, from which this is the very worst I've seen). effects" (repetitious and legging decades - effect of low budget for sure), acting (for most of the characters), realism (now, that's "the big one"!), camera and editing (both of the latter are director's and editor's faults, for scenes were wrongly shot, chosen and put), so forth so on. I believe it's simply not worth time for writing nor reading much about all of the (negative) aspects of this title.īut I'll put down the most obvious and eye hurting ones: story line (boring and predictive), "spec. What level of production was this? P or L?
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