Flashbacks - Episode 50 - Earthquakes

EARTHQUAKES ARE ONE OF NATURE S MOST DEVASTATING FORCES. THEY CLAIN ON AVERAGE ABOUT 8,700 LIVES EACH YEAR. THE HUMAN, ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL DAMAGE TO COMMUNITIES IS TRULY STAGGERING. NEW STUDY A STUDY FROM SCRIPPS INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY OF CALIFORNIA HAS ANALYSED 20 YEARS OF DATA, FOUND CALIFORNIA S SAN ANDREAS FAULT LINE COULD RUPTURE ANY TIME WITH A MAGNITUDE OF 7.6 OR GREATER WHICH COULD KILL THOUSANDS IN DENSELY POPULATED LOS ANGLES AREA. SUPER COMPUTER CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY HAS ACQUIRED A SUPER COMPUTER FOR SOMUATING WHAT MIGHT HAPPEN WHEN THE BIG ONE DOES COME. THEY ARE WORKING ON AN EARLY WARNING SYSTEM. THEY CAN T PREDICT QUAKES.