Up-and-coming film director, motion graphics designer and Art Center College of Design alumnus, Theo Alexopoulos, takes you on a visceral journey through the USGS ShakeOut Earthquake Scenario. The film was created by the USGS Multi-Hazards Demonstration Project in cooperation with the Designmatters program at Art Center to depict the physical, social, and economic consequences of the most comprehensive earthquake scenario ever created. The film gives the viewers a sense of what will be happening and inspires them to prepare and mitigate for a faster recovery. The premise underlying the film is that design is a powerful catalyst that can bridge the divide between scientific understanding about damaging quakes, and the ability of the public to feel empowered and to change their behavior in terms of preparedness.
Duration : 0:4:40
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The San Andreas …
The San Andreas fault is not a single, continuous fault, but rather is actually a fault zone made up of many segments. Movement may occur along any of the many fault segments along the zone at anytime. The San Andreas fault system is more than 1300km (800 miles) long, and in some spots is as much as 16km (10 miles) deep.
Now Palm Springs …
Now Palm Springs and San Bernadino on the other hand will be when the “Big One” happens since they are almost right on top of the SA Fault. Also in the northern segment of the SA, it cuts right thru the Bay Area including San Francisco so they’ll be too if the “Big One” from SA happens there ie Great 1906 San Fran Quake, but the southern segment is more likely to rupture within the next 30 years since it hasn’t ruptured for over 300 years. Now the good news about Puente Hills is..
The “Big One” is …
The “Big One” is most likely going to happen at least a 100 miles away from LA. The southern SA Fault passes thru mostly desert such as Palm Desert and the Mojave but Puente Hills passes right under the heart of the LA area and parts of Orange County which is a highly populated and developed area where a lot more debris will be falling on people. I know there are many other faults in the area but the size and geometry of this fault makes it perhaps the most dangerous in the area.
The Puente Hills …
The Puente Hills Fault runs right under downtown LA. This fault can produce quakes of 7.2-7.5 although not as big as the “Big One” but its location under downtown and the LA basin area makes it much more dangerous. Worst case scenario: 7.5 quake centered under downtown. Experts are projecting that if this happens, there could be 3000-18000 deaths, over $250 billion in damage, 56000-268000 injured, 142000-735000 homeless households. This would be more catastrophic than the “Big One”. 500 cha
Pretty nice video. …
Pretty nice video. Great job.
ok i live in orange …
ok i live in orange county and this video isnt doing anything for my nerves. Whoever made this probably knows they dont live anywhere near the san andreas fault so they can just scare people to death…..gosh
for sure…
but …
for sure…
but good motion graphics
reason for being …
reason for being over dramatized because no one give a crap about of will be happening in south California. So they decided to be more educational and help those people of south California to be more secure of potential ‘big one’ earthquake.
You think in this …
You think in this case this video is OVERDRAMATIZED?? YOU can not even stand to watch it on a video LET ALONE be in it and that is why you call it “overdramatized”.
Yes it is going to …
Yes it is going to happen soon. Wake UP.
what is google xD
what is google xD
what is the san …
what is the san andreas fault
We had the shakeout …
We had the shakeout in a huge lecture hall seating 280 people – too bad so many didn’t take it seriously, everyone thought it was corny.
This video is …
This video is amazing.
I thought I …
I thought I recognized Barack!!
That was amazing.
That was amazing.
Damn, that was …
Damn, that was amazing.
So do I =/
So do I =/
there was a picture …
there was a picture of barack obama as a kid at 2:32 lol
We watched this at …
We watched this at school. It was kinda scary. I was just thinking if that really DID happen while the vid was going.
IT’S PRETTY FUNNY …
Mmmmmm
IT’S PRETTY FUNNY THAT YOU OPENED THIS BECAUSE…
In the next seven days you will:
1. Have someone fall in love with you
2. Find a $20.00 bill on the ground
3. Go out with the person you like
4. Your best friend will get you a really nice gift
BUT…
First you will have to repost this with this title:
I’m moving to Japan… Sushi
Cattq get a life! …
Cattq get a life! You are ridiculous! I mean seriously. What does what you are spewing about have to do with Earthquake Preparedness?
I’m almost glad …
I’m almost glad people like thirdexodus exist… helps keep things in perspective.
i said i’m NOT a …
i said i’m NOT a christian..why?well,i dont wanna talk about religion here…=(
you sure you’re a …
you sure you’re a christian? and you don’t kneel to jesus?