Seismologist Explains How to Prepare for a Massive Earthquake | WIRED
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- What will happen once "The Big One" hits? Lucy Jones, a seismologist who studies natural disasters, breaks down the impact a large earthquake would have on society, explaining what causes earthquakes, and what we can do to prevent major catastrophes in the event of a massive temblor.
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Never thought about someone getting surgery while an earthquake strikes. Yikes! 😬
ever since I was a kid and Ive heard of earthquakes I had this irrational fear of getting my haircut just incase theres an earth quake and the hairdresser manages to stab me in the eye
In earthquake prone regions I think the hospitals might be on shock absorbing foundations or some such, gives them a little leeway on top of the early warning systems.
imagine a open skull one where you dont get sedated.
Eric Ling, even buildings with really good base isolators still shake in an earthquake. They just don’t jerk as violently, so they’re less likely to collapse. The science and engineering behind base isolators and other earthquake mitigation technology is actually pretty cool and worth looking up!
That happened in Mexico, doctors perform an open heart surgery while there was an earthquake of 7.1 mW (1:10 , *NSFW*)
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It's so interesting to hear someone speak about something they know so much about.
Lucy is always the best! For years she was an official spokesperson for the media blitzes after each southern California earthquake. When she left the job they ended up giving her a consultant title just so that she could continue to be the foreground personnel! She's so good at communicating and summarizing.
@@LoreleiMission dutchsinse
sacco It's called an education. You can sound like that, too. No disrespect to Lucy Jones but it's a feasible act. You simply go to school and aim for a Masters degree or a doctorate. It's not all that interesting really. It's a simple process. Grueling, to be sure, but feasible. You can sound like that, too. ☺✌
@@LoreleiMission shes terrible. All the USGS are.
Watch Dutchsinse on CZcams. He forecasts earthquakes
Lucy Jones knows nothing. She makes it up as she goes along.
if you live in southern california, and ask any local who the 'earthquake lady' is, they will know you are talking about dr. jones. she is legit.
I hear her cousin is an archaeologist...
It belongs in a museum!
@@manictiger *"Doctah Jones!"*
@Denni K There was also "Earthquake Kate" Dr. Kate Hutton. It was always those two, Kate & Lucy the news reporters ran to whenever we had an earthquake in SoCal.
Denni K she is the earthquake queen
Love that we have her here in So Cal
How to prepare for an earthquake:
*Just live in a society that has invested in making*
*their buildings and utilities earthquake resistant forehead*
So live in only Japan?
@@jumlee5215 New zealand, Greece, Chile , USA are countries with very strict building codes.
@@Marios5556 yes they do, however they also have MUCH less preparation and that, more than anything, is what limits damage. Japan has more sensors to indicate movement more than any other country. They have very strict building codes and have earthquake kits EVERYWHERE. So getting stuck unprepared is next to impossible, they even have sensors in cars which will notify you when you are experiencing an earthquake. Japan is the leader in this field, strict building codes doesnt mean they are well prepared. BC has very strict building codes and are still woefully underprepared. Also the USA is not prepared at all for earthquakes-they prepare for tornadoes and hurricanes more than anything.
@@jumlee5215 Greece for example has a looong history of preparing for earthquakes. Just look at the parthenon having survived 2500 years of earthquakes without problem. I don't see how sensors make you prepared for earthquakes. The buildings do. Japan has just the reputation. Even though they are prepared they still get casualties with earthquakes over 6 magnitude.
In chile whe laugh t anything below 7
Lucy Jones is great at breaking down her explanations! really put many at ease by giving them correct and factual information during the ridgecrest earthquake and after shocks
Learned a lot of things I had wrong. Thank you. Great presenter.
Dr. Jones is a legend in California - she and the people at CalTech provide the information for the public after all major earthquakes
dutchsinse
DUTCHSINSE. They're literally stealing his techniques. Don't trust these people.
The part near the end about how Japan used their early warning system to stop their trains blew my mind! I'd never heard that before.
Excellent video -- a huge thank you to everyone involved in making and posting it.
I need this woman to lecture our politicians. About anything really.
She's on the news all the time in SoCal and is very smart and sweet. Love her.
She's useless
She could but they won't listen that is why they are called politicians.
I've lived in southern California all my life.
I'm used to earthquakes.
If they get to rough I'll know to get under something with my fur babies.
Neve, never leave fur babies in danger, keep them with you.
dutchsinse
They might run in fear, maybe. The good thing about earthquakes compared to hurricanes and such is they only last a few minutes at worst, so done you can grab your pets and evacuate properly if you need to, unlike those strange people that abandon pets to hurricanes.
I wished she had mentioned what to do. I know it seems obvious to some but there are still people who believe the doorway myth (I did), or just inherently want to go outside because they're afraid of the building collapsing. I read about a couple who freaked out during the second of the most recent California earthquakes and ran outside, then almost died when a power line fell right by them. Besides getting under something, apparently if you're in bed it's also pretty safe to just stay in bed, just make sure a pillow or something is protecting your head. The more you know.
Christine Douglas Good point. Last time I was in an earthquake drill, we were told get NEXT to a bed (not under), so if the ceiling falls it makes a kind of a tent over you. Rather than the bed falling on you... 🙄 ugh.
@@DreamingCatStudio Ooh, that's good to know!
Thank you Wired for getting Lucy Jones for this. Here in southern California, everybody loves Lucy.
In 3 weak earthquakes, my dogs didn´t even care to move
Yuzuru A they must have been pretty comfy in their spots :)
Then get a cat, you can tell when an earthquake is going to happen or is happening even if it's a little one because they freak out like it's nobody's business.
@@wanderlustandsparkle4395 I'm curious if that's related to their hearing then. They have astonishing hearing.
I love hearing Lucy Jones speak. It's rare to see scientists speak in such an accessible way, let alone women! She's really exceptional and deserves much credit!
She is not a scientist.
She has a great sense of humor, too!
@@chrisjones1641 she is a seismologist and therefore a scientist.
@@chrisjones1641 actually a seismologists is a scientist who study earthquakes
:(
How do I vote for her?
She's an academic. No vote needed.
Don't
I really appreciate humans who are smart enough to understand all of this things... at the end they are translators of nature so that the rest of us know what to expect!
Gosh I remember when me and my family would live with my grandparents on the 11th floor of a 14 floor building. I was about 6 years old when my mom came into the living room and told us we had to get out fast because the chandelier was shaking. It was just me, my younger brother, my mom and my grandpa in the apartment at that moment. My mom took our passports and as we are about to leave we see our my grandpa just sitting in the kitchen. He was like, "nothing is gonna happen, I gonna stay and watch TV or something."
Luckily after waiting outside for about 45 minutes with all the other residents of the building we saw that nothing was happening so we all went back inside. No damage or whatsoever.
Excellent overview of practical aspects of seismology and the likely consequences of a major earthquake.
Being part of a rescue team everything this seismologist has said is on point. An earthquake itself will not kill you, but bad infrastructure, eg Houses not built to seismic standards in an area that has a history.
This woman really knows what she's talking about. I lived in Los Angeles for nearly 40-years before the fear of earthquakes got me so scared that I had to move. The worst thing about them is, if there is a hurricane coming, even a gigantic one, YOU HAVE PLENTY OF TIME TO GET OUT. They can easily see the storm system heading your way, and you can even walk to safety. Same thing with wildfires or any other natural disaster. But there is no warning with earthquakes, which is why I left LA forever.
The smaller quakes I lived through were bad enough, but when the Big One hits, *it will be a thousand times worse.* That said, there are literally dozens of smaller fault lines DIRECTLY BENEATH THE CITY that if they go off, could easily be just as destructive as the mighty San Andreas Fault, due to their proximity to the most highly populated areas of Los Angeles. The older structures will be the first to go, but as this expert said, it's the FIRES that will cause the most damage, not the quake itself, as bad as it may be. The Big One is over 50-years overdue, and I didn't want to stick around to see if it would happen. It will, but nobody knows when. I just couldn't handle the not knowing.
tiffsaver True enough
tiffsaver I have lived right outside of L.A. all of my life and really freaked out by this. Remember how we had so many bigger earthquakes in the late 80s and 90s? Those sent my house off of its foundation and the chimney collapsed. It’s unnerving that there really have barely been any of large significance (other than of course Ridgecrest just a few months ago) and makes the feeling of fear that we are overdue worse. Anyway, wish me luck! Where did you end up moving if you don’t mind me asking?
Being in NYC, I worry more about hurricanes and flooding than earthquakes. This was VERY informative. Thank you!
Always be prepared with food and water for at least 5 days
Gas tank never below 1/2
Don’t forget your pets, flashlights, emergency contact
$100-200 in $1 bills
Why $1 bills ??
I'd say weeks +months) of food and water. Think of hurricane Katrina. You may be on your own and without power for a little g time.
she has been a wonderful explainer. she has touched every aspect of an earthquake.
0:04 this is the best example of an earthquake I have ever seen!
*in case of earthquake*
RUN FAST BEFORE FACEBOOKING IT!
Who even uses Facebook anymore
Run where exactly?
Having been through a series of major earthquakes, Facebook was invaluable. It was often the best way to communicate when there was sporadic electricity for weeks and not all the cellphones still had coverage. Soon after the shaking stops I post my location and that I'm safe with the battery life I have. That's the way we've done it for the last nine years since they started and I'll never rag on Facebook because how it let me know that the people that are important to me are still alive when I can see a lot of buildings have collapsed. It also lets you know who's house is still standing for people to go to when their house is no longer safe.
@@Camachosky a billion people or so
@@default179 nope, that's the amount of downloads not active users :)
Thank you! I was in the 1971 Sylmar earthquake. Pretty humbling.
Thank you WIRED and Dr Jones for a factual, interesting and important video!! It may be uncomfortable to hear, but getting the facts is undeniably crucial. It is a public service. I was hoping there would be more information about what individuals can do during and after. Will you make a Part 2 ??
Thanks, Wired! That was a really great summary!
Thank you so much! That was fantastically done!
Thank you, Lucy Jones, for this excellent presentation. Definitely worth my time.
👍👍
It's important to know the seismic threat for your region and prepare for it. Major threat areas: California of course, but some of highest risk areas are the Pacific Northwest, Alaska, and New Madrid's fault zone (Central US). Others past quake sites: Utah, Nevada, the Carolinas, New York, Hawaii, and Puerto Rico.
this was very informative. thank you!
I think I've finally found her! I've been interested in seismology for years and have watched countless vids on earthquakes and documentaries. In one of them, a woman who I missed remembering her name, mentioned a pretty infamous line in the world of seismology: Earthquakes in themselves don't kill people, buildings kill people. But Lucy Jones sounds just like how I remember hearing this. She's the earthquake lady so it must be her.
She’s smart. Clearly knows her area. The idea of an early warning system that prepares others areas beyond the center is very smart. We have so much connecting tech already. Let’s use it.
Well presented
Very informative explanation with fact and elaboration.
8:51 , that’s Anchorage Alaska,November 30th. It was a 7.0. I live just north of there. It was really scary.
chrisswan907 Glad your ok. That was a big one.
9:16 Such a genius
I remember SF🌉 shaking in '89 (30 years ago next month).
We may not be able to predict quakes, but - as the video above shows - we CAN get stronger regulations and building codes to minimise (if not avoid) serious damage.🔥
Jim Berkland was pretty good at forecasting earthquakes!
Great video! This is the kind of content I’m ravenous for! Now I Understand a thing that I only Knew facts about. Thank you!
9 hours before this comment, here in Melbourne at around 9:16-9:18am we experienced a magnitude 6 earthquake.
Came here looking for this
I really enjoy the channel and I will come back as often as I could.
11:10 this looks unreal
Hey you got Lucy on your show! Really like her, glad to see her in this
I remember hearing about the Christchurch quakes right after they happened, when my mum was on the phone with my grandparents. Grandad was going to check the foundations under the house, when my mum tried to warn him and an aftershock occurred. The call went dead, and we were all beside ourselves, thinking that we had just heard my grandparents for the last time. Thankfully, they were alright. But that, and many more terrible things we had heard and saw in the aftermath that followed, left a mark on us since.
Love it keep it up 💪🏾
That moment when a massive earthquake will hit CA
*Welcome to the Hotel California, such a lovely place*
Good video for my EOS class
Inspiring teaching
I’m so glad that all I have to worry about where I live is the snow. We aren’t near a fault, the ocean or really much but the mountains. Too close to the mountains for tornados and far enough away that forest fires aren’t truly a worry. The most hazardous thing I can think of is the snow, and even that isn’t that bad compared so most places.
What state/city/country are you in because nearly every where has fault lines just some of them haven't been active in a while. Download QuakeFeed the red lines on the map are nearly all the faults known some active some not.
I wonder if one of those 3d scanners archaeologists use to scan old burial sites and such can be adjusted/used for scanning areas were earthquakes occur. Maybe there is something to see that makes earthquakes look less random.
So if you’re in a high place do you wait under the table hoping for the building not to collapse or do you get down??
We need more people like this woman. 🙌
a building code that makes it possible to only have to repair the building. . . didnt know that. also, brutal. quite happy living in a stable area !
I’m straight up terrified
Me watching after turkey earthquake.
me too.
same here
I was in a 6.9 in Japan. I’m now insanely terrified every time we go back. We’ve had at least one small earthquake every visit. I am on guard the whole time thinking of a big one hit right now how would I find my way out, where is the safest place.....it’s not a fun way to travel.
Trisha Yamada Quake PTSD. So sorry, I have it too.
Lucy Jones is amazing
this aged very well
Scary stuff, but thank you for the information
Wow being in Australia I was so ignorant about a lot of earthquake things.
We get small ones too, nothing major though
11:15 was NOT in Tokyo. Tokyo never received any tsunamis during that earthquake - the tsunamis happened in the northern part of Japan. They did feel the earthquake and dealt with damage related to it, though.
1:35 a fly on his back.
😂
Lmao I looked for this comment when I saw the fly😂
"Early warnings are not predictions"
As much as I loved to listen to her, I feel she is a little careless when she says earthquakes could never be predicted. It is definitely possible that some day we would be able to.
All these comments and not one mention of Dutchsinse 🧐
How to prepare for this? Move to Chile. We're in between 3 tectonic plates so its mad legit over here. We don't even evacuate unless it's like an 8.0 or higher. So y'all are screwed xdddd.
IKR but think that they would scream and run all over the place
Pretty much the same in california. We had a 7.6 a few months ago and there was no major panic or anything. People all the way in vegas and arizona felt it. The san Andreas is only capable of a max 8.3 magnitude quake.
The potential fires and waterlines breaking really is the largest concern. Especially in the LA area, where there are millions of people. There's 4 Million people in LA alone. That's not counting all the cities surrounding it. There's 24.12 million people in southern california as of last year. Pretty much all of california would be affected by 'the big one.'
California has the strictest building codes in the world. You'd be much better off here than anywhere else, but, as the presenter said, it's not about the event but the aftermath.
@@STARPHASE
Those earthquakes are NOTHING compared to what fires can do. Fires are more destructive, more frequent and they can last for days. I don't even live in Cali, but their fires have made it my biggest concern. Nothing strikes fear into the heart of a real estate lover like fire.
Wow didn't expect bmkg to be in the footage
Scary, yet I won’t blame Mother Nature if she wreck havocs. We’ve been ruing her for so long anyway.
Edit: This was very educational, so thank you.
what r talking about? we dont cause earthquakes
Franco Flores Pérez - did I say we do?
ur comment sounds like mn is just answering to our damage in our environment - wouldnt that mean that we cause earthqakes?
Franco Flores Pérez - we do damaged MN by polluting and causing climate change but I never said we caused earthquake. However MN has every right to avenge any way she likes.
@@jaclpz You do realise "Mother Nature" isn't a real, sentient being, right?
One of the big reasons why so many countries were affected by the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami was because the technology to warn wasn’t in place yet. The event was a catalyst for implementing new technology (for the time) that is known as DARTs which transmit seismic data to nearby residencies and warn them of what’s coming.
Didn't frank predict the turkey syria earth quake just before it happened on Twitter?
Nooo, that's not what prediction is.
What she meant here was knowing the exact time of the earthquake. Like saying "There will be an earthquake in Turkey in September 5th, 7:19 AM"
This earthquake isn't predicted, it was just a known fact that it would happen.
Got to meet Lucy Jones cause I live in Ridgecrest
dutchsinse
I have personal experience watching the water supply go to s***. What are the reasons is the soil that the main water pipes are inserted into, if the ground is soft, it will liquefy. If the water pipes are intersected at the intersection and are attached to where they called manifolds, there's a pretty good chance that the pipes will break at the intersections I've seen this happen in downtown Seattle after 2001 Nisqually earthquake
We don’t get many earthquakes AT all in Australia due to being placed in the middle of a tectonic plate
Came to watch this video because a 3.4 earthquake just hit my town
The "Big One" is going to happen to the entire Cascadian fault line, not just San Andreas. It is going to extend to Oregon, Washington, B.C., Alaska, and probably further south of California.
Earthquake just hit me, decided to watch this afterwards lol.
Hello there :')
Idk much but would quantum computing be able to possibly help with prediction models for disasters in the futur??!!
Build strong buildings before the earthquake if you don't want to clean the mess after.
is there a fly on my screen @ 1:34 ?
Why you showing Hawaii clips when no major damage was done to any residential buildings. The jagger museum was the main building affected.
One thing she didnt highlight-that should be noted is how shallow/deep the hypocentre is. This is actually incredibly key.
Edit: Spelling.
JumLee she mentioned it briefly.
She put me in silence....great video
Great information on earthquakes but nothing on HOW TO PREPARE as individuals.
She is so matter of fact, I love it. 😆
Just like when the weather forecast says 40% chance of rain, that means it will be raining in 40% of the viewing area.
I watched this to sleep. Got woken up by a magnitude 6 earthquake, southeast of mindanao
I mean.. what’s the probability of an earthquake happening the same day (September 19) two times on Mexico City
5%, a lady already did the math
@@TomoyoYumemi haha okay thanks random stranger
Juan Pablo Telleria réplicas aré very common
Check out "Dutchsinse"
you are far more likely to be murdered in california. i’m 26 now but my cousin was murdered by her bf in 2008 my high school friend was also killed in 2016 by her bf in the motel i actually grew up in as a child and my high school bff was gunned down in 2020 i honestly thought my cousins death was my one time bad thing that would happen in my life now i’m the last one living to live thru this quake
Why is murder so common there?
When I lived in Ohio we experienced an earthquake, about a minute before it happened both my dog and cat started acting weird, dog was whining and walking around like she was scared of something, cat took off under the bed, as far as I'm concerned they, for whatever reason are more in tune to changes happening underground.
Animals can sense them before we do, that has been widely reported. In my city, it's seagulls that act weird.
I've 5 kitties, if they all skeedattle i'll know to hit the deck, that's for sure. Actually i'll probably try to save my cats.
I think if s.california get a earthquake that same size like 2018 indonesian palu earthquake & tsunami the death toll will be more then 5000
Can an earthquake be triggered by means of electromagnetic pulse?
I would be interested to know what solar activity occurred prior to seismic activity.
My first earthquake was in Newcastle, Australia. Earthquakes are very rare in Australia. I was 13 and getting my first perm at the hairdressers, had to run out on the street with half a head of rollers. Don't laugh it was the 80's perms were in!
Ada BMKG loh
Lucy has made a career out of telling television presenters that there is no scientific way to predict a shock. My running earthquake joke is to declare Earthquake Weather. It's only worked once
1:35
Poor guy has a fly on him. Lol.
California is one of the most seismic places to live on the planet.. yet, earthquake proof infrastructure is seriously lacking!!
Needs some serious investment!!
Actually that title goes to Japan!
@@wanderlustandsparkle4395
As the most seismic??
I was thinking Indonesia.
@@victorianeeson7829 It still is actually Japan they have the most advanced equipment so far and have been able to record every single earthquake they have. If other countries had the same equipment then we could probably pinpoint which country has more then Japan but so far Japan has been the only one willing to put billions of dollars each year to emergency preparedness including seismic sensors.
Original Poster: CA got one of the most frequent eq
Thread replies: it’s not the most
Y’all failed middle school English classes
i now realize that i knew nothing about earthquakes
I live in Finland so why am I watching this
Lmao 😂😆
Why? Your country doesn't have earthquakes?
Do you travel?
Also...You are feeding your brain.
@@supper7... Well yes, occasionally, but the odds of an earthquake happening when I'm at a certain place for 2 weeks that doesn't necessarily have earthquakes (often) either are pretty small... And yes, I watched this purely because I thought it could be interesting general knowledge; my question was mostly rhetorical
@@xooperz mine, too. ☮️