San Andreas movies starring Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson, reaping criticism of scientists. The reason, the theme of the movie earthquake was considered to be too excessive. The film depicted the earthquake devastated the San Andreas, an area located in the State of California, United States.
All of the buildings and the streets in Los Angeles and San Francisco, collapsed due to the earthquake of magnitude on the Richter scale 9.6 (SR). The film is increasingly strengthened the stigma that Hollywood movies selling "dreams." Because of the earthquake, in fact it might not hit the San Andreas. At least that's according to the seismolog (expert on earthquakes and seismic waves).
As quoted from metrotvnews.com, there are still five other errors from the film are entrenched at the top of the box office it, make it look not accurate and factual.
1. The size of the earthquake
Earthquakes along the San Andreas fault will not exceed 8.2, SR. According to geologists and seismolog United States Lucile Jones, that means its power 126 times weaker than the earthquake depicted in the film (the base of the logarithm of the Richter scale, each whole number increase in ranking means increased ten fold in the magnitude of the earthquake).
In fact, earthquakes have occurred in a much more powerful, magnitude of 9.5 SR in Chile in 1960. The earthquake was the largest ever happened. But the quake only happened in subduction zones, where two tectonic plates meet and one submerged under the other.
Meanwhile, the San Andreas is the meeting place of small tectonic plates that shape each other away from each other.
2. Damage caused by earthquake
A study in 2008 suggests the worst of the quake scenario 7.8 magnitude in Southern California could cause damage worth USD213 billion and lead to 1,800 people dead, as well as 50 thousand other severely wounded. As much as a five-story building and a smaller building 1,500 will collapse in the entire city.
Those numbers seem small compared with the number of skyscrapers to collapse on the left and right of way in San Andreas.
The Rock never stops presenting a scene saved the victim just before a busy fall, jumping from a moving aircraft, struggling out of the tsunami, and in the end save his family.
But the Los Angeles scene the ground and San Francisco, most of which is submerged under water or burned, it looks like the potential destruction that is outrageously exaggerated happen in real life.
3. The earthquake triggered massive tsunamis
In addition to facing some of the earthquake aftershocks which seemed endless, San Andreas had to face the great tsunami. According to seismolog, it's not possible. Very small possibility of a California earthquake could trigger a landslide off the coast, and a small tsunami. The size of the tsunami might have been much smaller than the ones plastered on the film. "Just going to hit a very narrow passage on the beach," said Lucile Jones seismolog.
4. The California Earthquake was felt up East Coast
Earthquakes in California can be felt in Nevada and other neighboring countries, but will never get to the East Coast. Of course, it will not cause damage to the White House as they seem in the movies of San Andreas.
5. Seismolog can predict earthquakes
In the movie San Andreas, Paul Giamatti portrayed experts from the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) who found the key to predicting when and where earthquakes can occur. But in real life, an Assistant Professor at Caltech, Jean-Paul Ampuero said, predicting earthquakes is not something that can be done easily by seismolog.
He called it "a sacred Cup" seismology. Seismolog hopes to find a way to predict earthquakes, but most evidence suggests it is not possible. Some experts advocate disaster preparedness to install early warning system that will alert people if an earthquake can potentially occur. This technology cannot predict earthquakes, but rather to remind the citizens of potential earthquakes.
However, the film of San Andreas has one thing right: you should prepare yourself against earthquakes.
Seismolog mengacungi thumb on readiness ' welcomes ' the earthquake shown in San Andreas. The stars knew exactly what to do when a large earthquake occurs. One character telling people to take cover under a desk and hold on.
Another scene shows that landlines will still work when cellular service is not accessible, and direct the people to go to higher ground when there is a tsunami warning.
"Even though there is a part of science is wrong, it will not take you on an experience of the earthquake. The experience that you feel more emotional experience. I hope, once people see this film will say ' I want to undergo training emergency disaster ', "said Lucile Jones.
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