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Pacific Ring Of Fire: The Science Behind The World's Most Catastrophic Earthquakes

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This documentary investigates the raw power of seismic activity, from the San Andreas Fault to the record-breaking 9.5 magnitude quake in Chile. Discover the science of liquefaction and the "snapping finger" mechanics of tectonic plates.

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11 Comments

@CALIRYD 5 days ago

SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA EARTHQUAKES:

I live in Santa Monica California (Los Angeles County) used to live in San Francisco. My house is new and built to current earthquake codes for California and the office I work in has been retrofitted to current California earthquake codes. I have a storm shelter with a month’s worth of food and supplies in the case of an actual earthquake emergency.

The biggest earthquake I was in: Loma Prieta in San Francisco October 17th 1989. I was at the A’s-Giants World Series game! 15 seconds of pure adrenaline and fear! I’m glad I wasn’t on the Bay Bridge and especially not on the Cypress Expressway!

I do have a friend in Washington State on BainBridge Island near Seattle and I do worry about him as Cascadia can have a Magnitude 9 earthquake! He’s worried about me being in LA and the San Andreas Fault! Guess we are gluttons for punishment!

@roncarney9158 8 months ago

Ivers and the team who went in to such known danger deserve the highest award possible!

@jodymcquiston6665 8 months ago

You’ve forgotten about the 2004 mega quake in the Indian Ocean , that ultimately caused the tsunami in Thailand that killed over 250k

@ellenbryn 8 months ago

That's a hint you're watching an old documentary that's been re-uploaded yet again (I recognize this one within 10 seconds). This one originally broadcast about four months before that horrible event.

Seismologist Dr Lucy Jones ("earthquakes don't kill people; buildings do;", who used to be interviewed by every news station and film crew after every California earthquake and most other big ones, finally seems to have made her retirement stick, so if she pops up in a documentary, it's almost certainly old.

@Keystone_Investigations 8 months ago

I fell into a burning ring of fire
I went down, down, down
And the flames went higher
And it burns, burns, burns
The ring of fire, the ring of fire🎵🎶

@CALIRYD 5 days ago

SANTA MONICA CALIFORNIA FAULT LINES: SANTA MONICA TO HOLLYWOOD FAULT MALIBU COAST-SANTA MONICA-RAYMOND-CUCAMONGA FAULT SYSTEM. PUENTE HILLS AND NEWPORT-INGLEWOOD FAULTS. PALOS VERDES FAULT AND THE SAN ANDREAS FAULT.

@JamesPilkenton-se5cx 8 months ago

Im sure that to the ones in tthe know this questoon will appear juvenile and naive but could the "ring of fire" have anything to do with the ancient collision that cfested the moon ?and Theo was his nameo ?

@bialarcrais1763 8 months ago

This is old ive seen this before
The information is also old and outdated

@mashrafulislam85 8 months ago

This video is 20 years old and Most arguments and topics have lost value, with the current era. Only those old earthquakes data is useful. Uploader upload this video only for click bait, views and earn money.