Cataclysm: Is Earth Due Its Most Devastating Earthquake Yet? | Mega Disaster | Spark

When the earthquakes all hell breaks loose, they strike with lighting speed and a huge bulk of destruction. These forces baffle experts who are on a desperate mission to predict when the next big one will hit.
The Earth’s titanic forces can rip apart the land, homes and people’s lives. This series exposes their killer characteristics and why they can be so devastating.
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[@ericschminke8233]

I'm surprised that he didn't discuss the Good Friday Earthquake that slammed Anchorage on March 27th, 1964. The 9.2 moment magnitude megathrust event is still the strongest earthquake in North America history. This event was staggering in countless ways.

[@somefuckstolemynick]

_staggering_

[@bluewaters3100]

I was in that earthquake when I was 11. Before I felt any movement I heard a hugh sound like a train just rushed by my ear. It was really loud and I looked around to see where it came from and noticed the windows in the apartment building I was walking under were swinging out. I tried to run but the earth was shaking so hard keep falling. After taking a minute to get out to a field where there was nothing I was then just watching people running out of their houses screaming , cars stopping, and the earth cracking. My thought was that this was like the big San Fansico quake felt like. Having the earth move that that for 5 minutes was unbelievable.

[@marial3231]

@@bluewaters3100😮😮😮

[@wilcofaber9863]

​@@bluewaters3100I think this is only matched by the chili earthquake. Enormous and very frightened

[@wilcofaber9863]

@@paddyleblanc correct. It s the biggest ever measured

[@mirabrar6529]

Who is watching after turkey-syria quake?

[@mirnahijazi9105]

:( same

[@WorldofPopularMusic]

Me

[@HaleyOrozco316]

Same. My family lives there.. in Gaziantep...

[@craiggibbons8228]

Same. Very sad 😔

[@israrizvi]

Me.

[@misscandi2931]

After the 1989 California, my grandfather was one of the big crane operators who was tasked at the collapsed double decker roads helping to create room for emergency crews to get in to rescue survivors. I’ve been told he worked nearly three days straight before exhaustion forced him to stop.

[@michelelindseth8250]

God bless your grandfather.

[@robertsandberg2246]

Good on him! 👍🙏

[@colleenjl9474]

God Bless him...He is an unsung hero here perhaps, but in Heaven God knows your grandfather.

[@pynzlyngdohnonglait6698]

My great grandmother has told the story to my grandmother and then she told me about the 1897 Assam Earthquake in India...

[@yolandaagnir2528]

Lord, blessed your grandfather, I got stucked at the 101 freeway!!! From Northern California!!! SUNNYVALE!!

[@samuelowusuannor8256]

Let's pray for Turkey 🇹🇷 and Syria 🇸🇾 as they battle to save mankind.🙏❤️ Much love from Ghana 🇬🇭

[@Wutzmename]

*_KZbin: "HOW MANY ADS DO YOU WANT?"_* *_SPARK: "YES"_*

[@jessicaduncan9309]

Construction has everything to do with survival. I live in Anchorage, Alaska. Our Great Quake in ‘64 measured 9.2, and saw whole neighborhoods washed into the sea. The following tsunami killed people all over the globe. This was a mega thrust event, and we saw approximately 130 lives lost. You still see the changes left by it today. We learned a great deal about defensive construction following that day. In my lifetime, I have seen many 6 magnitude quakes, a handful of 7s, and several of magnitude 8 and up. There are rarely any injuries, although our population has grown significantly. I don’t know of any deaths. Some buildings take damage, but so far as I know, we haven’t lost any. The worst damage is typically to the road system, which is torn by the rifts that open in the ground. It makes me sad to see hundreds, and even thousands of people, killed in what we consider much smaller quakes, because of underdeveloped infrastructure. Build with wood in subduction zones, and use closely spaced rebar in concrete construction. Bricks are not your friends, not are weaker materials such as clay or adobe. Even the concrete really must be of a certain quality. It’s absolutely worth it in saved lives and property

[@Geoplanetjane]

And avoid building on landfill

[@skys6655]

got the high level countries worrying about leveling themselves up or pvping while their level 1 buddies gettin raped

[@kelcritcarroll]

I only lived in alaske for 14 months but in that time felt three earthquakes…not bad where i was in wasilla area but there was no mistaking what was happening

[@timedriverable]

I just moved out of Crescent City a few weeks before it was felt there as well in No Cal.

[@lethabrooks9112]

I lived in Japan for 3 years and felt earthquakes a few times. They weren't as big as the earthquakes that Destroyed the city of Kobe in 1995 or Caused the tsunami and meltdown of Fukishima in 2011 but they were pretty strong. Enough to knock pictures off the wall, make some cracks in the sidewalks and roads and cause minor damage to buildings. The main difference Ive seen between the Japanese and Americans when it comes to esrthquakes is the Japanese are better prepared except for the 9.0 earthquake that happened in 2011. No one could ever be prepared for an earthquake of that magnitude.

[@timsexton]

You know why I love humankind?? Our petty differences (political, ideological, and others) are all surface level problems that disappear when beset by disastrous conditions. Shake the ground under any city, and mere bystanders instantly transform into life saving heroes worthy of accolades.

[@annmariedupont23]

That was so articulately put 💯

[@earllubold2505]

And no mention of the Good Friday Alaskan earthquake. It is the second largest quake in recorded history.

[@cactusflower7820]

@@earllubold2505 You're right, I just looked it up. 1964 Anchorage, AK. Magnitude 9.2 followed by a Tsunami killing more people (128 in waves 27 feet high) than the earthquake (115)

[@midge7451]

Unless you are Russia

[@avrahamvidal4255]

@@midge7451 Very True

[@thecynic9232]

The same folks who did this doc did one called “The Wave that Shook the World” about the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami. It’s amazing!

[@HotelPapa100]

Different strokes for different folks. I find this channel’s overdramatization annoying.

[@stacyrussell460]

@@HotelPapa100 eh, a lot of channels do that nowadays. Some include cool graphics tho so those get a pass (at least from me). The others go for more of a Hollywood effect & those I tend to skip.

[@hannesswart2547]

@@HotelPapa100 ym oym

[@hannesswart2547]

Ompo T Siy

[@amigaone777]

@@HotelPapa100 No one made you watch it you only have yourself to blame.

[@fridaalmaraz6381]

I was 9 when the 1985 earthquake hit Mexico City and I remember every second of it. I lived in the one of the areas that were not touched by the destruction, but even then I knew the scale of the disaster. It was my first earthquake and my first realization that I could go to bed and not wake up in the morning. Or worse, wake up trapped by rubble. I've lived with a healthy fear of earthquakes since then. Now I live in Miami, and I'll take hurricanes over earthquakes anytime.

[@fukkitful]

I'm from west FL. I agree, at least with a hurricane you have a few days or more of a warning.

[@Catglittercrafts]

It was absolutely heartbreaking. Mexico City’s been hit so many times by horrible earthquakes

[@ekramer2478]

Geologically Mexico City is a bowl of jelly, soft (clay) earth. Really bad spot for a quake. Sorry you had to go through that!

[@jessicaduncan9309]

Amen, and agreed. I’ve been through some big ones, but the one we had in ‘18, though not the biggest I’ve seen, was the most destructive, lasted so long and had ridiculous aftershocks. I’m now officially afraid of giant earthquakes that won’t stop. I was on the East Coast during Andrew, and will stick with quakes. That Mexico event must have been horrifying. Glad you made it

[@ekramer2478]

@@jessicaduncan9309 Lived in Tampa when that hit. Moved back to New York, and was here for the 40 foot tree on my roof for Sandy. Worst quake for me was hereabout a dozen+ years back on Long Island. Was about a 3, and I was asleep on one couch in the living room and Mom woke me up from the other. She had vertigo horribly bad, and wanted to make sure the house and dining room chandelier were really rocking. They were.

[@Gaintslayer256]

its 2023 and here i am revisiting history after a 7.9 magnitude earthquarke hit at the border of Turkey and Syria leaving more than 30,000 dead.

[@Uniunea-Nord-Atlantica]

45.000*

[@inutilsuverzivo]

died because of corruption not because of the magnitude of the quake. exactly like in haiti.

[@IBaitman]

"The earthquake struck without a warning." That's odd, they usually give a call to notify they'll be visiting.

[@bandocraig2023]

Back then they technology wasn't up to date.

[@melissapyle7879]

No matter.. as of yet, we can't predict quakes..

[@tonyhartness2123]

I hate when they come by unannounced.

[@jackheisterman6731]

haha

[@MeeMee-gz5vp]

Phone must have been on silent

[@MartinAston00]

I actually left SF after living their my entire life. I am and come from a family of Geologist. We simply don’t trust the SAF and are certain within the next 30-40yrs. there’s a guaranteed 6.8+ I’ve done so many building inspections and a lot will just not hold up… 1906 and 1989 will repeat, just with more damage/danger …as history does.

[@Skipbo000]

Makes you wonder why people live there.

[@happycook6737]

Yes

[@pyrotechnick420]

@@Skipbo000 Well then you could ask why do people live where tornados and or hurricanes exist?

[@tomwargin6100]

@@pyrotechnick420 and

[@tomwargin6100]

😅😮🎉 He😮😂😮😮😅😊😢😮😢😮😊

[@brucedailey7548]

Why didn't the writers include that not only does the strength of the earthquake increase the level of damage. The longer it lasts plays a big role in the amount of damage and that is why a 7.0 lasting 15 minutes will cause more damage than an 9.0 lasting 3 minutes. You've left a big part out.

[@salikagroeg]

Normally the larger the magnitude, the longer they will last.

[@brucelytle1144]

@@salikagroeg yeah? There is absolutely nothing "normal" with earthquakes! Loma Prieta (6.9) lasted right at 15 seconds (I was there), the Northridge (6.4) lasted like 90 seconds...

[@salikagroeg]

@@brucelytle1144 again, depends on how close to the source you are, geological conditions at and around the site you're located in, direction of seismic waves, attenuation vc amplification...some people felt Loma Prieta for about a minute. Some people felt Northridge for about 14 as a huge abrupt shaking. Fault rupture was about 8 seconds for Northridge, Loma Prieta ruptured for 11 seconds.

[@mq2311]

Earthquakes don't kill people. It's a building that takes so many lives...

[@Shelbymaldita]

Who is here after Turkey and Syria earthquake?

[@bienzelynalquiza6086]

Be strong to our brothers and Sisters in TURKEY and Syria. Remember that we always love you here in the Philippines. Don't give up. We are also praying for your safety. But for those who are unsecured, let's just let our ALMIGHTY GOD work for you. We are not losing our hope. Strive hard to survive too. We always love you guys.

[@iranoutifideas45]

Same

[@jukes888]

The Christchurch earthquakes were really awful. We are still rebuilding 10 years later. We lost thousands of buildings, bridges and roads. Thousands of people injured and deaths .still having some aftershocks. Horrible.

[@beverlyskurow7998]

Where were the Christchurch earthquakes?

[@Catglittercrafts]

@@beverlyskurow7998 New Zealand

[@melodiefrances3898]

It still blows my mind that the Oakland A's - S.F. Giants playoff game saved so many lives. We all totally assumed the Cypress structure would have its usual rush hour traffic. By a totally random chance, it didn't.

[@berenlevia8486]

i don't consider that random chance , as much as I consider it the mercy of God .

[@karenuntz6514]

I was watching, my Mom was in Monterey.

[@stevie-ray2020]

Just as well the stadium remained standing during the quake!

[@dashfatbastard]

I thought my Dad was on the Nimitz freeway...the spot that collapsed was right where his commute started.

[@berenlevia8486]

@@dashfatbastard my husband and I could not reach my father in law , for almost a week - those were very trying days - was in the verge of buying a plane ticket to send husband to Cali when father in law called - we nearly cried with relief .

[@sabellcarstens6896]

Hearing a 9.5 earthquake sent shivers down my spine! *That’s almost a 10 earthquake!!*

[@jpmtlhead39]

I was born 3 month after an 7.8 earthquake hit Lisbon in 1969 ( after the catastrophe of 01/10/1775 when an almost magnitude 9 massive earthquake hit Lisbon,followed by and huge,Tsunami and to finnish a 3 days of a firestorm that erased 2/3 of Lisbon,killing almost 100.000 thousand people) . It was a miracle that only 1 person died. My mom,even today cries when someone

[@danieljakubik3428]

The 1960 earthquake in Chile at 9.5 on the Richter scale, is the most powerful in recorded history, which triggered global disaster across the Pacific Ocean.

[@eringemini7091]

My late Grandad was 16 when the 1906 earthquake struck San Francisco. He was living in Vacaville at the time, 54 miles away. He said the fires were so HUGE from the San Francisco quake that he could read a newspaper outdoors at night without the benefit of any other light source than the 🔥 given off by San Francisco.😳

[@JPaterson8942]

That's... Kinda terrifying. And now that I'm thinking about it, I wouldn't be surprised if there is a wildfire that bad near me (but I'm in the city and could read outside at night anyway).

[@davidlafleche1142]

@@JPaterson8942 Check out "Design for Disaster," about the 1962 Bel Air fire.

[@ddanner1297]

@@JPaterson8942 loop

[@geoffreycarson2311]

SOD THAT FIRE 😣 MUST HAVE Been ANOTHER LONDON !!!!1666 INCIDENT 😨g

[@geoffreycarson2311]

THE DREADFUL DODGY SEXUAL BEHAVIOUR ON THE WEST COAST Is GOING UNDER WATER SOON 😮😮😮😮😮😨😴As THE NEXT BIG ONE WILL BE UNDER THE FRISCO BAY !!!!! SODEM / GOMORA 😕ALL OVER AGAIN g

[@heatherstewart9300]

16:33, knowing the poor guy was in severe pain right before he died is so heartbreaking. You always hope victims in situations like that feeling nothing but a bliss coming over them. I hope his family doesn't know or hear what he was feeling. :(

[@shadowk3]

I'm sure shock and adrenaline took over at some point before he died and he lost touch with what was going on. The human body and mind are amazing when it comes to self preservation even when the traumatic event does indeed occur with fatal injuries. Our minds do their best not to let us suffer. A recent local news report, a man somehow managed to cut his arm off at work, he was then seen walking down the street carrying his own arm before police were notified and caught up with him. Shock kills the pain until you are safe or die, granted you also start to lose touch with reality the longer you are in shock, as being in shock essentially means, you have immediate life threatening injuries. I split my head open when I was a kid, I was on top of a mountain with my Mt. bike. With my scalp flapped open and blood pouring down my head like I was standing under a warm shower, I tore some cloth held it on with pressure biked down the mountain one handed, biked a mile down the road to the nearest house. By the time I got there my eyes were nothing but pupils, and I had no idea what was going on, but I don't recall ever being in pain. I lost about a pint of blood. As far as my dangerous one handed ride down the mountain I don't remember any of it, this is what my friend told me who I was biking with. I don't remember even one second of the bike ride down the mountain trail. Didn't feel any pain until they stapled me back together. Hurt even more when they took the staples out. The human body and mind are far more amazing than we give it credit for these days.

[@ruking9593]

@@shadowk3 God created our human bodies perfectly. Awesome thanks for sharing.

[@davidhallett8783]

I know your name is well represented and this is a very long shot. Are you the h s from woodroffe high school in the seventies

[@Catglittercrafts]

@@ruking9593 you’re sick

[@ruking9593]

@@Catglittercrafts God is an Awesome and Powerful Creator. He spoke and Boom it happened: Creation! In the beginning was the Word and the Word (Jesus Christ) was with God and He was God. All things were created by Him and through Him, nothing was made that wasn't made by Him? Now that is Amazing? He created You April speak on your heart to your creator, he's listening...........

[@lilithdevonrex]

The one time I am grateful for being in the Uk we don’t have the best weather but at least we don’t have earthquakes and dangerous animals

[@diegoflores9237]

You have boris and charles

[@emsalsa9385]

My great grandmother was a child in San Francisco when the quake in the early 1900's hit. They had a carriage house below. The house pancaked floor, on top of floor, on top of floor and sadly, the horses in the bottom yeah...they didn't make it obviously. The family all survived and had a whole bunch of Persian rugs that they pulled from the rubble and "camped" in, which my great grandmother explained to my mom (when she recorded her years before I was born) was fun for all the kids because they found it exciting.

[@rachellerichey2632]

My Uncle, and grandpa was in the one that happen in califronia in the earth quake in 1989, he was in Oakland, they both made it out okay.

[@mannyreyes1393]

Em Salsa THE RAPTURE IS GOING TO HAPPEN

[@infledermaus]

Cool bit of personal histor! I have ancestors who survived the 1811-1812 earthquakes in New Madrid, Missouri. Sadly, 15 year old Amandy Jane died under a log when their cabin came apart and was buried under a tree on the hill. So goes the narrative in the diary. Poor Amandy Jane. :-( The family fled south to Pigeon Roost, Kentucky (my question is was Pigeon Roost covered in pigeon shit?) after the "... earth quake [sic] or whatever it is ...." Fun stuff in our family histories! My mother was roller skating in Bakersfield when waves from the 1933 Long Beach quake knocked her on her ass. She would have been 11 or 12. She remembered seeing them coming. Trippy. Mother Nature can be a vicious fucking cunt, having no concern for who she kilis.

[@darthvader5300]

Thank GOD I live in Kazan, actually a village near Kazan, about 100 miles away but still within the territorial district of Kazan. No earthquakes here, except for one seismic event when they detonated the TSAR BOMBA which is a 50 to 57-58 megaton thermo-nuclear hydrogen bomb in Novaya Zemlya Russia.

[@equarg]

Em Salsa What an amazing family story. I hope the horses died instantly😓. Sounds like your family took everything in stride though. Yea. I was in a 5.1 quake as a kid in Tacoma. We were at the dinning room table (I was 10) working on tests from moms substitute teacher job when the P Wave first hit. A sudden jolt and my Hot Coco almost spilt. I thought mom had bumped the table so I looked up, and she was glaring at ME. But seeing the confused look on my face made her realize I thought SHE jolted the table. She was about to speak when the S Wave hit..... 😒 See Mom. That spilt Coco was not my fault! Only lasted maybe 45 secs...but it was 45 seconds of WTH. That was terrifying. Saw our pine wood floor undulate like water..took mom weeks to sand out the micro cracks 😅 She apologized for blaming for her spilt drink on me afterwards.

[@idawinner7124]

Me, who lives near the new Madrid fault, watching this and realizing that I didn’t dream myself waking up to my bed shaking multiple times.

[@alexvidu4517]

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[@mdmonowar7339]

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[@nereidi]

@Atlas Kelvin shut up bot.

[@troygroomes104]

My best high school friend, lived a few blocks from part of the San Andreas fault in Hayward, Ca

[@infledermaus]

A great great something times back cousin died in the 1811-1812 earthquakes. Amandi Jane. The cabin came apart and a log fell on her. Thump. Oops. They buried her on a hill under a tree.

[@thefarmer4469]

When and where the next one will hit? We saw the conditions in Turkeye. God be with them in these tough times.

[@raghumolaka7831]

Sir,Small mistake January 26 is republic day for India not an independence day . Independence day of India is 15th August .

[@chrisbrown1241]

This is a part of life and we MUST accept that. Our planet is in a state of constant change. Each large city is only going to get larger.

[@chloehennessey6813]

My great grandma remembers the quake in Alaska when she was young. She said it was like the earth wanted to kill you.

[@lorenacornejo3384]

My grandpa had to live in person the worse earthquake ever registed, a 9.5 earthquake in Chile in the 60's

[@fatfr0g570]

I mean, let’s be honest: Mother Nature is constantly trying to kill us.

[@bluewaters3100]

Was she in Anchorage or somewhere in smaller town? I was 11 and felt like I was trying to surf the earth. The aftershocks were also terrifying and numerous.

[@stargazeronesixseven]

OMG! We must always remember that , our planet Earth is a Living Planet!

[@yudishpradhan7493]

Prayers to Turkey and Syria...🙏

[@CaliGamer1]

I live in Los Angele & earthquakes don’t scare me but tsunamis are terrifying. The one that happened after the Kobe quake scared the 💩 out of me

[@whoever6458]

Yeah, fuck tsunamis! We could have one here if an earthquake shakes loose earth under the sea and creates an underwater landslide but at least we don't have those faults that can create one normally off our coast. After the 9.1 earthquake in Japan, I thought of going down to the beach to see the tsunami wave come to our coast because it wasn't supposed to be big but I didn't do it just it case it ended up being bigger than they thought.

[@ericmoore5021]

Check out the Kobe earthquake documentary on here, I just watched it myself as part of my academic studies in emergency management. The video is on the channel called "Disaster Documentary National geographic".

[@pamelaleigh4225]

I don't think there was a tsunami after KObe.

[@grandv12]

There is a couple of things that are missing in this documentary: -On may 21, the day Before the 9.5 earthquake, there were 3 different earthquakes between 7 and 7.5 in magnitude. -After the 9.5 earthquake, another big disaster started, the "riñihuazo". Up the Valdivia's river there is lake Riñihue, which had its outflow clogged by a couple of hills that fell on it as a result of the earthquake. There are accounts that something similar happened before, and as a consequence the lake not only overflowed, but took the clogging with it towards the city like a second tsunami, and the process had started again. Fortunatelly, between the locals and the government were able to clear the outflow, by working 24/7 with heavy machinery at first and then by shovel and wheelbarrow because of the mud, and prevent a future disaster. Considering that 1000km (620 miles) of Earth's crust had ruptured for a duration of 10 minutes! the 1960 Valdivia earthquake was devastating by a large number of factors.

[@belle029]

When an earthquake this strong hit the Philippines near MOA, many lives will be lost for sure, just because of greediness of people. It's indeed a waiting disaster.

[@bigtiddygothgf6657]

my dad was at the game when it hit. my mom was panicking for hours thinking he had died on the bridge.

[@melodiefrances3898]

I had a similar experience. It's terrible.

[@jage5256]

Family friend back in the 30s told us when I lived in San Francisco: from the Ferry Building to the Middle if Market street was a pier he used to fish off it! Marina is landfill all the way to Chinatown. Only place to run is Potrero Hill,. Hunter's Point, Twin Peaks and Mt Sutro. There are five faults in the area, one in the Pacific, two under the Bay, one runs Oakland and of course San Andreas run in San Francisco.

[@whoever6458]

Gotta love that fault running straight through the middle of the Cal stadium. lol

[@Motherhustler]

In the 89 earthquake I was a week old my dad told my mom to get me off the waterbed because the headboard wasn’t bolted down in case we had an earthquake and the second my mom picked me up the earthquake hit.

[@onemanarmy36]

How did he know an Earthquake might hit? Was there tremors before that or was that only a coincidence?

[@sarahtorrance5504]

Lol I had a waterbed in the 80's. Those sure didn't last as a trend.

[@whoever6458]

Oh that's hilarious! I remember that earthquake because I was trying to watch the World Series. We're too far south to actually feel it. I was actually on my mom's water bed on the day after the 7.3 Landers earthquake when the Big Bear earthquake hit and I thought my brother was kicking the side of the bed at first because he had just been doing that right before and asking me if it felt like the earthquake the night before. I just stayed in the bed because it seemed like the safest place I could get to at that point.

[@whoever6458]

@@onemanarmy36 There were quite a few earthquakes in California in the 80s and 90s so pretty much everyone expected one to happen at some point. There were ones you could feel about once a year back then so no one really had the time to get complacent about them. The more recent 7.1 the other summer caught a lot of people off guard because there hadn't been a really strong one for a long time.

[@bethewalt7385]

I was sitting on my living room couch watching the world series and breast feeding my daughter who was born that August, then it hit, it's well documented in her baby book as a result, that and watching the tearing down and destruction of the Berlin wall, she was born into big changes, big energy ! She's a dynamic person ..

[@ms_scribbles]

I was twelve when Loma Prieta hit in '89. Thankfully, we were far enough in the East Bay, and it was a Tuesday evening, so we were all home and neither of my parents were commuting at the time, but damn, it was scary.

[@renatopinto3186]

You weren't paying attention, it's Loma Priatah

[@political7051]

@renatopinto3186 Why make a big deal over a missing -h-?

[@MarinCipollina]

@@political7051 Original post is correct, 'Loma Prieta' There is no missing 'h'.

[@dorishousand3122]

My brother, who lives in Nevada, is terrified of tornadoes, I, living in Indiana, am terrified of earth quakes 😮

[@aliciachristopher6506]

Same here. I live in southwest Ohio and I'm terrified of earthquakes.

[@dorishousand3122]

@@aliciachristopher6506 Used to tornadoes!!

[@tudorjason]

I'm betting you'll still feel something if New Madrid goes off again in your lifetime.

[@perpetualmotion357]

We now know what can cause them. Just imagine what it was like living in a time where you had no idea what was even happening? Some all-powerful deity angry at you and has the ability to crack the world in pieces. The world would have been a very frightening place before having the science to discover things. Not that it can't be frightening today, but back in the day it truly would be scary.

[@baneverything5580]

I recently ordered a paperback book called The New Madrid Earthquakes by James Lal Penick, Jr. It`s worth getting if you can find a copy. Even here in central Louisiana there`s visible surface damage in many areas. A few miles from me there are very steep rolling hills and near a creek we used to swim in there was an entire side of a large hill that had cracked and slid downward toward the creek. You`d have to see it to understand that it had to have been caused by an earthquake. Indians said Caddo Lake near Shreveport formed after a large earthquake. We had several small earthquakes when I lived in NW Louisiana above Toledo Bend Lake. There are strike/slip faultlines above and below that area (One in Sabine Parish is dangrous they say and could cause a tsunami in the lake) that can cause damage similar to the bad ones in California. One quake we had happened while I was asleep. I had been drinking so I didn`t wake up. I thought my cat had turned over speakers and broke my lamp and threw her outside. LOL! The one I was awake for made my camper sway. I went out to see what it was but no wind was blowing. I slept through the other stronger one too. It did some damage to homes in East Texas.

[@tudorjason]

I'm sure statements similar to "we've angered the gods" were spoken countless times back then. Just like in Europe during the Justinian Plague.

[@Holy_Randomness]

One minor error... January 26th is india's Republic Day,not independence day..just for some info

[@indy_go_blue6048]

Another minor. The Missouri town isn't pronounced the same as the capitol of Spain, Muh-DRID, it's pronounced MAD-rid, i.e. New MAD-rid.

[@MichaelBrown-rj4nn]

Beat it

[@hannah7841]

Who’s here after Turkey/Syria 2023

[@theexplorer_31]

Hello there from Turkey. Around 3.5 months ago, there was an earthquake. We have lost too many people in our region. I hope you can prepare a big detailed documentary about it. Because it is the most powerful earthquake that has been ever occurred on the ground (not in the ocean) in the human history. Thanks for your help... Greetings from Adıyaman.

[@UrsulaZA]

Wasn’t the largest inland Sichuan, China with a M7.9 and almost 90000 deaths?

[@jackiepollard3843]

I was in grade 9 when the Loma Prieta happened and I remember that freeway collapse. I still don't like driving on a double layered road.

[@scottleft3672]

The 1868 Arica event...a Chilean earthquake and killer tsunami that destroyed Arica, eventually reached New Zealand at 20 feet high and Sydney harbour, at 6 feet high but very fast and reached 10 miles up river to Parramatta leaving a ship aground...it take a lot of power to do that, apparently 20 miles of coastal Chile/Bolivia fell into the sea.

[@jeffbrooks8024]

The warning was issued by nature in the 8.6 Bio Bio earthquake

[@Lyndonz1]

coastal bolivia

[@jpmtlhead39]

The Great Lisbon Earthquake of 01/10/1775, with an estimate magnitude of 9, its still the largest natural disaster to hit the western hemisphere . Its was not only the Quake,but the Following huge Tsunami and the 3 days of a contínuos fire,that turned into a firestorm,that lkilled almost 100.000 thousand people..

[@gggg889]

Crazy, I watched this last night and read news this morning about the earthquake...RIP

[@marypasco2213]

The liquefaction in the Marina district in San Francisco was exacerbated by the fact that a lot of the foundation for that area is the rubble from the 1906 quake.

[@v.j.bartlett]

My stomach clenched the moment it said that Valparaiso is in an amphitheatre facing the sea. That is just like Lisbon in Portugal and look what happened there in the 1700's. When it happens it is going to hurt.

[@vfranc0]

In Lisbon it is supposed to happen every 250 years, followed by tsunamy probably...can shake anytime now and nothing is being done to prepare the population🙄

[@arthurhunt642]

I've studied physical geology for years in my spare time. For me, this is the best 👌 video I've seen on Earthquakes.

[@thecynic9232]

Is there any fracking going on near New Madrid? I find the fact that fracking is causing quakes very interesting, especially since the oil & gas exploration interests deny the fact.

[@kenttormanen63]

Not much fracking going on 200 years ago.

[@sadwingsraging3044]

Not a factor. Quit listening to Green lunatics that hide behind the skirts of an autistic screeching child.

[@robertschrum5496]

The state legislature in AR put a ban on fracing abt 2010.

[@billmoretz8718]

@robertschrum5496 how many people know the largest geothermal plant in US uses fracking, but down to 10,000 feet. And of course is located at the base of the San Andreas

[@hebneh]

3:44 - This crushed Oldsmobile was obviously a total write-off for the owner's insurance, and a man asked the owner for it and was given it. He covered the smashed part with plywood and kept driving it. I saw a photo of it in a book in a store in San Francisco a few years after this earthquake and a short time later, after leaving this store, I saw this car parked on the street.

[@ozge1dursun]

amazing story really 😏

[@donscheid97]

I can attest to liquefaction. In Alaska with a 6.0, I saw a solid concrete floor look like a beach wave flowing under me. Just a ripple, but it was a raised wave. I was surprised there were no cracks afterwards.

[@OzarkHillbilly]

I'm surprised the Great New Madrid earthquake was listed. Our country tends to put too much focus on California but not keeping in mind the sleeping Giant in the heart of the country. I live within 50 miles to the city of New Madrid and I get reminders every day that it is still an active fault zone with all the mini quakes we get.

[@Geoplanetjane]

I grew up in SE MO and now understand the geology of the New Madrid region.

[@counterflow5719]

The only scientifically recognized prediction of an earthquake was by Yulin Zhou in Teng Shan China in 1976. He made electrical resistance measurements in the ground over a huge area of China. My father was in communication with him and proposed improvements to his techniques using voltage measurements and data analysis based on his experience in analyzing transonic flows, some of the most difficult data to analyze.

[@kevinwebster7868]

There has never been a scientifically recognised prediction of an earthquake.

[@counterflow5719]

@@kevinwebster7868 ok, keep telling yourself that.

[@happysloth3208]

I looked it up, that earthquake was considered to be unpredicted and it resulted in over 200,000 deaths.

[@jocelynegacuma4296]

Mother nature’s movie, she comes back! I like this movie it’s haunting, mysterious and spectacular.

[@cbrew8794]

I’m from Chile and I was there in 2010 earthquake and I survived it

[@SSurfs]

Legend

[@ThatPlantMan]

I love your name. Also, I'm glad your survived.

[@jenniferbrewer5370]

Glad you're OK.

[@MaryCBV]

Miss Storyteller So you’re 10 years old? Kids shouldn’t be online without supervision and interacting with strangers.

[@omaralbik2652]

U should be interviewed

[@JoseOrtiz-yx7yb]

I live in Rialto California right next to the San Andreas and we are still waiting for the BIG ONE

[@gunengineering1338]

I experienced the 1989 earthquake in san Francisco (ironically one of the very few time i made it down that way) and the 7.2 earthquake in Alaska on November 30, 2018. The one in Alaska lasted for 6 and a half minutes and it's after shock seemed both as long and powerful as the 1989 quake in san Francisco. I don't think frisco could survive a quake like that even today. I can only imagine what the city being hit with a 7.9 must have been like.

[@jeremyb7659]

Well that’s why nobody should live there, a 9-10 will eventually hit

[@gunengineering1338]

@@jeremyb7659 naa.. The people there should stay where they are. 😁

[@gunengineering1338]

@@johnshea8943 yep. The earthquake we had was really violent for a minute or so and then it died down to a feeling like floating on a river for a while. At first i thought there might be a bulldozer trying to push my house, less than a second later that shifted to possibly a large bear. So i put on a shirt, slippers and I ran outside with an AK-47 to look around and could see the trees shaking around like someone trying to shake the dirt out of a handfull of flowers and the nearby body of water was sloshing about. It reminded me of the movie, "2012". After realizing it was an earthquake and not a bear, i went back inside, put the AK-47 away and grabbed my cell phone. Called mom and no answer. So i texted her about it. Then i tried calling again and she answered. By this time, the main (most powerful) part of the earthquake was still going on and lasted for another 15-20 seconds. I told her what was happening and then it died down to that floating on a river feel. And that just kept on and on and on. We talked about it and the conversation died down to a casual chat while the earthquake was still happening. I was able to use my chain of actions and cell phone records to estimate how long it lasted. Several minutes after it all died away and while we were still on the phone, another one hit. I even told her while we were on the phone that it felt exactly the same as the 89 earthquake in San Francisco. Amazingly, no one died. Many didn't even know about it until the news or friends told them as it happened early in the morning while many were still asleep. A section of road a few miles from my house was broken up. There was another road break up in Wasilla. And there was a freeway collapse in Anchorage. A few shabby made houses shifted a bit but no further major damage that i am aware of. There's a famous and rather bizarre photo of the freeway collapse in anchorage showing the collapse very sharply around a car that was sitting in the one area that hadn't. It looked like a scene from the movie, "Miracles" or the scene at the end of, "Lord of the rings: return of the king" where the ground collapsed under the bad guys and sharply leaving the good guys unharmed. I made a meme out of it saying, "how you know that God has your back." 😁😄 Alaska is an extreme environment where natural events that freak out and devistate the rest of the world are commonplace. But that means we know how to deal with them. I guess you can say it's one of the few places where natural events that trash the rest of the world can be anywhere from mundane to even fun, depending on the type of event, the way it happens and the individual circumstances.

[@awakefortwoweeks4770]

Well, look at the 10 cities's current situation in Turkey. The earthquake happeneden 11 days ago

[@chadwick634]

Agreed…SF would sustain World record breaking fatalities.

[@Posie1970]

Fascinating. Earthquakes don't scare me as much as tsunamis. I felt and saw Loma Preada. The earth undulated like a wave and made me so nauseous. No damage where I was but window blind swayed like crazy and giant waves on the lake we lived on.

[@AnnaHerrick]

The unannounced quake that that could open up underneath me, swallow and crush me up during a quake if something doesn’t fall and kill me first is what scares me about a quake! It is entirely unlike the pre announced Tsunamis that happen afterward! That is what is so scary about them to me!

[@JPaterson8942]

I prefer earthquakes (and volcanoes, hello PNW) over other disasters like hurricanes and tornadoes. You couldn't pay me to live somewhere with a risk of a hurricane/tornado.

[@bethewalt7385]

Loma Prieta

[@davidgraham2673]

@@AnnaHerrick , In the 1960 Chile earthquake, the ground literally cracked open. The fissure swallowed many people as they were shaken into the crack. Then the fissure closed back up. No telling how far down they fell, or how long they survived afterwards. I heard witness accounts on a different video from people who actually saw these things happen. One of the worst aspects was that in these villages, likely you knew just about everyone, so you had to live with those awful memories.

[@perpetualmotion357]

@@davidgraham2673 The worst would be not to die instantly. That truly is frightening to have the earth open up and you fall 50 feet down and it closes back up yet somehow you survive for hours afterwards. This has probably taken place thousands of times. What would be even scarier is living in a time where you didn't know what caused quakes. Everyone just assumed it was this powerful deity angry at man and it had the ability to split the earth in pieces.

[@altheacraig2904]

In the Pacific Northwest of the USA from Vancouver Island, Canada down to Cape Mendacino, California we have the Cascadia Subduction Zone. It last unlocked January 26. 1700 at about 9:??PM. A tsunami went to Japan and is recorded there, and the land by the Copalis river was lowered about 6-8 feet. The salt water killed several trees. I learned all of this from Geology Professer Nick Zentner of Central Washing University in Ellensburg, WA. Another geologist named Brian Atwater did several studies along the Cascadia zone.

[@julescaru8591]

Nicks programs are a hive of information about the Pacific Northwest, considering the geological history of this area and the collision of the plates still occurring I’m not sure I’d want to live there ! All the best Jules

[@bluewaters3100]

You forgot to mention that another mega thrust 9.2 quake is predicted for this area as it has been happening every 300-500 years for a very long time. WA state has a earthquake drill every year for it and keeps telling the public to be prepared for at least two weeks with water, food, etc.

[@honeonna6902]

I'm totally perplexed as to why the Indonesian subduction earthquake and following tsunami aren't in this documentary. But it does qualify as the future mega earthquake scenario portrayed.

[@Spearse59]

There's a SKY new documentary from 7 years ago on the Indosian EQ/Tsunami, well worth watching

[@stevebreedlove9760]

Also the cascadian subduction quake potential.

[@ivanvillamil2764]

I worked at a bank building headquarter land supposedly was built in case of earthquakes and it felt like it had chock absorbers. So you could feel walking like the structure moves. I don’t really know what kind of design but I never experienced what happened at my house. He’s right every earthquake will be different experience and unique. I wouldn’t doubt for suddenly they’ll have several sink holes in Mexico City. I know I saw a documentary that if an earthquake happens in West Memphis or in Memphis the Ms River can move the river to go another way and flood other areas.

[@DCBELLAFAIRY]

My mother was a child when the large earthquake struck Alaska. It made beaches fall 1,500 miles away in SE Alaska. The old cannery was swallowed by a tsunami and since the beach level dropped was never seen again-unless you had diving equipment.

[@mannyreyes1393]

Donna Gregg IM STILL WAITING FOR IT, JESUS IS COMING, BE READY FOR THE RAPTURE

[@infledermaus]

That was a big one. I was 10 then. I remember being awe struck when we were showed the footage in my 4th grade class. The footage of the ship stinking into the crevice that swallowed the dock just hooked me. That footage terrified me and addicted me to earthquakes. Now I live in California and study them as a hobby! Lol!

[@infledermaus]

How much worse can you get than 9.5? Shit! Please remind me not to visit that area of Chile! Ever! Yeesh!

[@njl51]

Oh wow.

[@sambrogaming3172]

@@infledermaus Actually due to it releasing all that stress, it's much safer now than it was before ;-)

[@hennessy7921]

We Nepalese can relate how devastating it is

[@Conqurer26]

Love from Uttarpradesh 🙏🏻😊

[@astroapart4730]

23:53 It might be out of topic but as a citizen of India January 26th is not Independence day it is Republic day. May God be with all the victims of an earthquake 🙏🏼

[@tomgorin9512]

I was 11 years old when the San Fernando earthquake February 10 1971. I lived in the valley in a city called Encino. I remember seeing the water in my fish tank slosh out. I tried to get up and go to my parents room,I was thrown back into bed. My dad was yelling to me that I was to stay in my bed away from the window. He also tried to get up and was unable. I remember seeing the bridge that was destroyed by the quake that A semi truck and a highway patrol man ,on a motorcycle rode / drove off the bridge. I still pray for their souls

[@heatherthrone9999]

You should look at Dutchsince he can help predict the probability of an earthquake based on the constant observation of slight movement on a daily basis. He has been credited with saving many lives.

[@pinuuturner7777]

Yay I'm a Dutch fan too!!

[@MrSnkristiansen]

Totally agree with you. Dutchsinse is the best. Blessings

[@beth-bi9yv]

It worries me intensely that Vancouver has been long over due for a earthquake. I really wish my brother would move elsewhere....

[@gayeinggs5179]

I lived in Tokyo for many years. And we had earth quake’s every day and you get used to them and the houses there are built for them so a 6 mag earth. Quake you just get shaking ! Things fall off walls that the danger

[@user-pc8uy6nd5y]

And in 1908 the earthquake in Messina,Italy,the city on the Strait between Sicily and Calabria took almost 100,000 lives...

[@Tomoyuki473]

I live in Tokyo. Its been about 100 years since the great Kanto quake. Im scared another isnt too far off. 😅

[@gayeinggs5179]

Yup I lived there for many years and it’s supposed to be every 60 years still coming but still coming. But Tokyo is pretty safe except for a tsunami

[@peace-now]

I am from New Zealand. We are always told in schools of the two important earthquakes, the All Saints' Day Earthquake and the Great Kanto Earthquake. Both of them had over 10,000 deaths, large tidal waves and devastated most of the city they occurd in.

[@jimgreen4422]

In reference to the '89 San Francisco earthquake and, I'm very surprised they didn't mention this. The main reason the MARINA district liquified IS that....that's the area the City that took most all of the rubble from the 1906 earthquake. Later covering it with sand and dirt then continually compacting - making more land for the city. Some 20 years later they started building on the site.

[@whoever6458]

I had this same thought. lol They actually can build on that land so long as they drive piles down to bedrock. There are numerous videos from the 2011 earthquake in Japan showing some pretty dramatic liquefaction but you can notice that the buildings in the area don't suffer problems from it that you can see and it's probably because their foundations are supported by piles driven all the way down into the bedrock. I suspect they learned this lesson from Kobe.

[@ambern386]

@@whoever6458 It’s also due to a form of bearing and shock absorbency methods used at the foundation level with buildings in Japan as well etc..

[@jesuscadena5673]

Very good documentary. It’s scary to think that things are only going to get worse..

[@Papz2theDome]

How so? "Get worse"..no. The earth doing what it does for the last 4 billion years..yes. Worse for humans.. possibly. But like everything else. We are only temporary. It's getting warmer because we are coming out of a minor ice age.

[@earllubold2505]

And no mention of the 1964 good Friday Alaskan earthquake. It had a magnitude of 9.2. the largest in north American history

[@j.d.contreras392]

It was an awful documentary. He kept saying 1999 when it was 1989!

[@roppa789]

Every day of the week there are many thousands killed on the worlds roads or from famine or disease. Do we live in fear of it? No, of course not. Science tells us why earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, hurricanes and floods etc happen and can sometimes predict when they are imminent. That’s the time to get worried and prepared - if it’s likely to be in your area. As for all the other things mentioned… drive carefully, check before crossing the road, ensure as best you can that’s there is food on the table, stay healthy with vaccinations and think about what you’d do if it look as though a tornado or flood was gonna hit. Worrying about what a documentary says is silly. They scaremonger so that you’ll follow the clickbait..

[@johnseklecki2175]

The History Channel has a documentary called Mega-Disasters .this is incredible

[@pyrotechnick420]

I never heard anything about these reflected waves before as an explanation for what happened at both the Cypress Freeway and the Marina District. I was always under the impression that the Marina was destroyed because it was built on top of a tidal marsh that was filled in with landfill (most of it being debris from the 1906 earthquake). And the Cypress Freeway fell because it was built in the 1950s with an outdated design that was not earthquake safe.

[@smartestpersonontheplanet7467]

As

[@pyrotechnick420]

@@smartestpersonontheplanet7467 Thanks but I'm not accepting edits at this time LOL

[@smartestpersonontheplanet7467]

@@pyrotechnick420 actually that was a pocket comment 😝

[@pyrotechnick420]

@@smartestpersonontheplanet7467 I refuse to believe that the smartest person on the planet watches youtube videos

[@smartestpersonontheplanet7467]

@@pyrotechnick420 that’s ok. I’m surrounded by idiots and morons who think they get it and don’t have a clue. You obviously don’t understand things at my level. However I do understand things at your level and even learned a thing or two. I can I have a valid opinion it I don’t have all the facts. Watched this video because I believed I might learn a thing or two. I did. And you can’t understand that? What did I say

[@smedleybutler8787]

I still have PSD from the Loma prieta earthquake in the Bay area. Anytime I hear a low-flying jet or distant thunder I get a little worried. I heard coming in it sounded like 100 military jets.

[@smedleybutler8787]

Usually don't admit I'm from California it's embarrassing nowadays. The crime families have taken over that state!

[@patigiddens1314]

My grandpa Joe was in the 1906 San Francisco earthquake, he was 10. All of our family history was lost due to fire.

[@DaneOrschlovsky]

The Algorithm always recommends vids like this after a major quake. Prayers for Morocco 9/23

[@riinak7212]

Also, the Marina District was made up of all the debris from the 1906 earthquake/fire, and eventually it became fashionable to live there as more sand was filled in to level it out. That's what made it vulnerable to liquefaction. None of these recent quakes are anywhere close to the big one that San Francisco *or* Los Angeles are expecting. Even San Francisco's 1906 quake wasn't really the big one, it just seemed so because of the lack of understanding of how to build quake-resistant structures and fire-resistant areas.

[@Sildenafil_Damages_Eye_Retina]

Viscous Dampers have now been installed in 600 buildings and bridges in the world, they are the answer to theses quakes.

[@Mori-chandesu]

None of the recent earthquakes were as bad as Tohoku 2011

[@disqusmacabre6246]

There is a type of formation on the fields around the New Madrid are where sub-surface sand undergoes liquefaction. The sand is squeezed out of cracks a nd can be ss large as 30,' - 40 feet in the air. I live about 300 miles north in esdt 'central owa.

[@melodiefrances3898]

@@disqusmacabre6246 holy ****!

[@dennishagans6339]

I grew up in and around the bay Area, we moved a lot, San Jose, Redwood city, Mogan Hill, Clear lake, one of the most scenic routes in America is the coastal highway 101 it follows the ocean, with 101 steps under the ocean, the sea lion caves, and pixie kitchen, right next to pixie land ,but when we traveled that route pixie land had already closed and I have heard that pixie kitchen did as well. The way things change, I doubt that a single residense we lived in, way back when is still around, I really hate all of this change, because many places I knew 50 years ago are gone, and what I have left are just fleeting memories. Anyway the point of my post was that as a kid they were talking about the big one that was overdue, parts of the California coasline are actually sitting on a shelf, there are places a minisub can go 20 miles inland under that shelf, that is why they say a chunk of California is gonna fall into the ocean when the big one does hit. I have been through a few earthquakes they are not fun when everything around you is moving including the ground. Last one I was in was in McMinnville Ore a 5.3 I believe it was centered close to Newburg. threw me out of my waterbed. The entire west coast sits on the Pacific ring of fire, and down in the bay area we lived right near to the San Andreas fault, that is where the "big one" is expected. Now I live in Southern Alabama, I traded Earthquakes and volcanoes for Hurricanes and Tornadoes. which has hit around me a few times but not on me.

[@brucechamberlin9666]

Glad I live in the North East USA that’s seismically quiet, but back in the 90’s we had a trembler that sounded like thunder.

[@karenjarrett8904]

A most interesting upload, thank you. This so well done, keep up the great work.

[@koosvanpetten5567]

Well Well, the scientists studied THE BIBLE ??? Because in the Bible in Revelation it this BIG EARTHQUAKE was already predicted 2000 years ago !!!!!!!!!!

[@bethewalt7385]

Agadir Morocco was completely leveled by earthquake in 1960 i believe, it's a costal city and did relocate, much of the old city washed into the ocean, the new city is laid out in such a way that if you fly over it makes a star, impressive sight...they of course continue to have quakes, quite a seismic area....

[@briandoyle3507]

So terrifying to watch.

[@longtabsigo]

My father worked for the company that was hired to finish “cleaning up” after the rescue, it was pretty awful. The company? A toxic waste disposal company International Technologies. It was a freaking miracle that there were so few cars on the lower Cypress. Sadly, one child who was rescued had to watch as his mother was “modified” in order to get to him….I often wonder how he is…

[@tndgrooming]

I just watched something about that little boy… it was a family friend who had to be “modified” to get to him. He had to have his right leg amputated to get him out. I hope he wasn’t conscious for those moments. 😥

[@jayceewedmak9524]

Good God! 😲

[@jayceewedmak9524]

@@tndgrooming 😲

[@longtabsigo]

@@tndgrooming I appreciate your response and clarification, my only source was my father. Who, while a career solder, Vietnam vet, Korea etc, was still human and the “recovery” was hard on him as he was a father too. I believe another victim had to be flushed out and his remains were caught in a net…..I’m still amazed at the complete dearth of motorists

[@79klkw]

Absolutely intriguing, the science, behaind the way that the earthquake hit Mexico City, in this video. I would NEVER have known that an earthquake can have so many factors that control the level of destruction they cause. Such powerful forces...very, very tragic that so many lost their lives, it would be just terrifying.

[@johnseklecki2175]

Fact: 1811-1812 , there was over 2100 earthquakes on New Madrid fault. One, the biggest, was 8.7 . This shook the the greater part of the U.S. history has a ironic way of repeating itself. Imagine these events happening now. John

[@Haybalemelonhead]

It must be terrifying to have an earthquake, in England we hardly ever get one so If we get one we are probably screwed

[@isopod6043]

I vaguely remember the 2011 quake in japan. I was in Okinawa at the time, in an apartment building. My mom had me and my sisters hide under our dinner table while she held up our brand new flatscreen tv, and asked us to watch for a large wave. I think I was in shock for a bit.

[@SuperScottCrawford]

@@isopod6043 "vaguely remember" a 5 minute 9.0 earthquake? Let's see, you were either in a crib, which makes you 8yrs old. Or you were at that moment emerging from a coma. Or you were hit in the head and now suffer from amnesia. Or are in an advanced stage of Alzheimer's.

[@emsalsa9385]

Coming from the west coast, I can tell you it rattles you (no pun intended.) However, unless it's incredibly long, which I in my almost 30 years on earth have never experienced, it's like the rush you get from a roller-coaster; it only lasts a few seconds and sort of spooks you. Although if the San Andreas ever goes off like they're suggesting it's due to, California will have a rough go, especially in overcrowded places like the Bay Area where people won't be able to get out if necessary. The infrastructure wouldn't support a massive evac.

[@Sierranite]

typhoons.earthquakes.tsunamis.are. KARMA what kind of bull-sh-t are you talking?

[@anakdesa4933]

@typhoons.earthquakes.tsunamis.floods KARMA so you think before black people /Muslim /indian come, there's never been any disaster in this world ? what stupid rasis person are you

[@adijay9896]

Glad we don’t have really big quakes in the uk...feel for those in prone quake areas

[@melodiefrances3898]

We don't know enough to say you are totally immune from a truly large earthquake, but yes, it would be VERY unexpected. And very unlikely to happen in your lifetime. Because large earthquakes do happen in the middle of plates. But, you are right in that we KNOW there will be other catastrophic earthquakes in the western United States where I live.

[@PTCannonFodder]

Watching this days after Turkey-Syria quake. 😭

[@brega6286]

Funny that we keep building in these areas. When the really big one hit the Mediterranean area...those ruins are still there (crumbled) or under water...no one built back.

[@Fightingforthelost]

Kinda surprised that the '64 Alaska quake wasn't mentioned. Maybe not enough deaths. But part of downtown Anchorage fell into the ocean. Liquefaction was a serious problem, and parts genuinely looked like a bomb had gone off.

[@howler6490]

This is where, by studying the after evidence, subduction became understood. Until then, the evidence was hidden by buildings etc but in alaska, large tracts of land moved and could be seen and studied.

[@bluewaters3100]

@@howler6490 I still have the 1st newspaper that was published on the Monday following the Good Friday AK quake. The community response was amazing. Grocery stores and other stores opened and encouraged people to come and get supplies but not to hoard. Water stations were all over the Anchorage area. We were sent a generator from the govt. very quickly and the infrastructure repair started immediately. I rememeber going back to school and having various parts closed down for repairs. Bush pilots volunteered their time and plans to go rescue people who lived in small villages that were destroyed. There was no looting or crime that happened just a coming together to get life back on track.

[@brandikolasa6305]

October, 17,1989 was the day I entered the world.

[@diegoflores9237]

Very good documentary. Well explained and learned a couple of things that I hadn't heard before.

[@anhleroy]

Four years latter and we have the same standard numbers of earthquakes with the largest getting a bunch of coverage. But they happen all the time.

[@Sierranite]

I was working in SF during the 89 quake at San Francisco General Hospital. Dived under a table. It was quite interesting

[@timexkills65]

Sierranite Has where do you live now

[@Sierranite]

Drew Romea : I have moved away from California. Now live in Switzerland. Why?

[@whoever6458]

I was trying to watch the World Series but I was too far south to feel any shaking. I saw the entire live broadcast and was pretty horrified by all the damage. I had been on some of those roads on a road trip before.

[@sweettrubble4635]

I am finding the comments to these documentaries to be very informative. The first hand accounts are incredible.

[@koosvanpetten5567]

Well Well, the scientists studied THE BIBLE ??? Because in the Bible in Revelation it this BIG EARTHQUAKE was already predicted 2000 years ago !!!!!!!!!!

[@prayaanshmehta3200]

. 9:50 SF 1906 13:32 mexico city 1985 23:30 bhuj 2001 26:45 new madrid 1811/12 33:22 chile 1960

[@atritrikavansa430]

Thanks 😊

[@R3BE7]

🚀🌩️

[@user-he4vn5ij5b]

I've never come across the idea of these reflected waves being an explanation for the incidents at the Cypress Freeway and the Marina District. My understanding was that the Marina's destruction resulted from being constructed on reclaimed tidal marsh filled with debris from the 1906 earthquake. As for the Cypress Freeway collapse, it was due to its outdated 1950s design that lacked earthquake resistance