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EES 0836 San Andreas Movie Questions Disasters: Geology vs. Hollywood Introduction In the aftermath of a massive earthquake in California, a rescue-chopper pilot makes a dangerous journey with his ex-wife across the state in order to rescue his daughter. - imdb.com Learning Objectives Critically assess the portrayal of science, earthquake behavior, and emergency response along the San Andreas fault system in the movie San Andreas (2015). (4, 5, a) Part 1: Watch the movie As you are watching the video clips, look for the answers to the following questions. 1. It’s unclear if an earthquake caused the landslide in the opening scene, but in real life, can earthquakes cause mass wasting events? How can this happen? Yes. Of course. The ground shaking can cause instability to come loose and slide down a slope. 2. Is Dr. Hayes’s prediction about the “next big one” different from how earthquakes are predicted today? Yes, he uses the magnetic field, which makes no sense since earthquakes are not connected to magnetism. We rely on looking at how long stress has been building and ground deformation to determine a probability… We can’t predict earthquakes. 3. If you “discovered” that there are active fault lines in Nevada, does it seem plausible that you would be able to use them to help you predict earthquakes? What is the likely reason why they are recording earthquakes in this area? No, this area is unconnected to the San Andreas fault, and the movement of the Pacific Plate and North American Plate. Any faults in this area are likely ancient or remanent faults, points of weakness that occasionally slop. 4. Is evacuating a building the best course of action during an earthquake? If not, what is? It depends – most times no. You want to get under something study, like a table or desk, or in a doorway. 5. Whoa, that’s a lot of destruction! You can clearly see seismic waves propagating across the landscape. What type of wave do you think this is? Explain your reasoning.
EES 0836 Rayleigh wave, there is up and down motion on the surface! 6. Dr. Hayes explains on the news that San Francisco will “get hit again, with a 9.5M event or higher. It will be so big that people on the east coast will feel it.” What is wrong with this statement? Nope. The energy will dissipate as it propagates outward, the Sierra Nevada and Rocky Mountains will absorb most of the shaking/energy… 7. The Rock and his wife are warned that the road is out ahead. They come to a place where the earth has been displaced. There are two types of faults here. Name one of them and explain your reasoning. This is a transform fault, you can see displacement (left-lateral) of the road. Since there is a void into the unknown, you can also say this is a divergence or normal fault, but that isn’t realistic… 8. How does the Rock know that a tsunami is coming? What is this part of the wave actually called? He sees the water being drawn out of the harbor, the drawdown or the trough. 9. What is wrong with how the tsunami wave is depicted? It is more of a surge of water, and less like a wave cresting and crashing onto shore. 10. Why would you NOT see a local tsunami occur in the San Francisco area? The fault movement along the Sang Andreas is mainly horizontal and the majority of this fault is on land. 11. As the parents are looking for their daughter, the water is no longer moving inland. Should our heroes be concerned about anything else? Why/why not? Yes, a tsunami is not just one surge of water, it is multiple surges of water. Plus, they should be aware of debris and structural hazards… 12. The aerial shot at the end?!?! Really again with this misconception? What happened? Why is this not valid? The San Andreas fault is a lateral fault, and this shot makes it look like parts of California are being “separated” from the mainland, but this wouldn’t happen with lateral motion. This is bad, and now I’m upset, and pretty angry.
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