San Andreas

Hayes: Now, the Sendai quake in Japan was considered one of the five strongest since 1900. It was so powerful, in fact that it moved the main island of Japan eight feet. This is just one of the 1.3 million earthquakes that occur around the globe each year. The largest ever recorded here in North America: Anchorage, Alaska, 1964. A 9.1. The earth shook for five straight minutes. The energy release was the equivalent of 10 million atom bombs the size of the one dropped on Hiroshima. And that's not the biggest earthquake ever recorded. No, the biggest was four years earlier off the coast of Valdivia in Southern Chile. A 9.5 on the Richter scale, right there. Bam. This quake lasted 11 minutes and spawned a tsunami, 82 feet high, that leveled Hilo, Hawaii, 8,000 miles away. Eight thousand miles away. So, um... It's mass destruction like this that shows just how important the research that we're doing here is, because we need to be able to predict these things. right? To plan and prepare for

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Elgin: Damn, Godzilla, what the hell'd you do to her this time? Ray: Played a little tug of war with a car. How soon before you get her fixed? Elgin: I'll call Martinez today, get a new one sent over to maintenance. Ray: Elgin, you move any faster, you're gonna break that hip.

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Serena: Are you saying you think the whole San Andreas fault might go off? Hayes: Yes, that's exactly what I'm saying. Phoebe: Who should we call? Hayes: Everybody.

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Hayes: Come on, I need everybody! [runs with Serena, Alexi and Phoebe] Serena: What are we doing? Hayes: Getting you on the air. We need to warn people. Serena: How? There's no way to upload a signal! Hayes: [chuckles] You're at Caltech. Hayes: Okay, who wants an "A" in Independent Study? I'm starting a new class: "How to Save Lives by Hacking Media Outlets". Student #2: Hell, yeah, man, I'm in. Hayes: Sweet, bro. Get your laptop, let's go.

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Emma: Ray? Ray: I see it! Ray: All right, hold on. We gotta get over it before it crests! Ray: Come on! Come on! Emma: We are gonna make it. We are gonna make it! Ray: Oh, yeah. Ray: Oh shit! [Emma screams] Emma: Ray!

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Emma: So, what now? Ray: Now we rebuild.

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