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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 they can. Earthquakes cause the ground to shake and make it unstable creasting mass wasting events. 2. Is Dr. Hayes’s prediction about the “next big one” different from how earthquakes are predicted today? yes, he used magnetic pulses. Earthquakes are predicted using seismographs today 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? (Feel free to review lecture notes.) No this would not help in predicting earthquakes since they are unpredictable. They are recording earthquakes in this area to keep a record and monitors its activity. 4. Is evacuating a building the best course of action during an earthquake? If not, what is? no it is not. The best course of action is to stay away from the windows and to get under something study to protect yourself. 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. I believe they are P-waves. Since they can travel through matter in all the stages. 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? It is not guaranteed that the east coast will feel it, and it is unlikely that a massive earthquake will strike again soon.
EES 0836 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. ( If you can name them both, that would be awesome! ) I believe it is a strike-up fault because they mention that they are in San Andreas and the San Andreas fault line is a strike up 8. How does the Rock know that a tsunami is coming? What is this part of the wave actually called? he sees the water begin to rapidly regress; this part is called the run-up 9. What is wrong with how the tsunami wave is depicted? A tsunami would not be that big as the movie since most of the fault is on land 10. Why would you NOT see a local tsunami occur in the San Francisco area? A tsunami would not occur in San Francisco fault line 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? No they do not need to be concerned about anything else. The tsunami already occurred so they are in the clear 12. The aerial shot at the end?!?! Really again with this misconception? What happened? Why is this not valid? This is not valid because another earthquake could never be strong enough to tear the state apart
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