Disaster - plagued cities . beastly landscape painting . Post - apocalyptic lodge . It ’s just your average 24-hour interval in California . With one peculiar exception : A 9.6 earthquake has rippled up and down the state , unleashing out of the question devastation . That ’s theplot ofSan Andreas — but could any of this happen in material animation ? Let ’s ask SCIENCE .
Among the many notable invited to preview the film was Dr. Lucy Jones , the USGS seismologist who lately took me on awalk along the Hollywood Fault , which run just a block from the theater where San Andreas premiered . She now works for the City of LA , which she call “ the most interesting geologic station in the US”—an understatement as oversized as Dwayne Johnson ’s thighs .
After getting herphoto take in with The Rockon the red carpet , Jones make her seat and proceeded to fact - mark the flick , posting her intellection live via Twitter . Here are some of her criticisms of the pic . Warning : soft , 3.0 - magnitude spoilers .
First with child howler . San Andreas the movie pretends that California has a subduction zone . We can only have a M8.2
— Dr. Lucy Jones ( @DrLucyJones)May 27 , 2015
If seismologists could actually augur EQs , we ’d all be much richer . Too bad that part of San Andreas is n’t literal …
First big rubber message- if the shake is bad enough to damage a dekametre you wo n’t be able to run
The prediction are n’t literal but EQ triggering is real . A California EQ M7.3 in 1992 trigger a M5.7 in Nevada the next day
Yes ! Drop , cover & hold on . The right thing to do in an earthquake
Now masses fall endeavor to play but they run anyway . I judge only the seismologists know Drop Cover Hold On
I care that the aftershocks keep on hit and make more damage . That ’s the reality of Big EQs
We expect serious damage to 1 in every 16 building in a veridical San Andreas EQ . The movie damage over the top .
OMG ! A chasm ? If the geological fault could afford up , there ’d be no clash . With no detrition , there ’d be no temblor
recognise water pull down as sign of tsunami is good . However tsunami from San Andreas is impossible . Now we are in fantasy territory
Bottom melodic line : do n’t hear seismology from#SanAndreasbut maybe it will inspire people to take Community Emergency Response Training
Her final finding of fact on thefilm itself ? “ Better than I thought it would be . ” For a more thorough explanation of what could actually happen when the Big One smasher ( and it IS coming ) , Jones recommendsthis report . Whatever you do , do n’t believe what you see onDutch YouTube videos .
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