California’s Big One Simulation

California is sitting on a time bomb. Geologists call it "The Big One." A magnitude 8.2

earthquake that will unzip the San Andreas Fault from Los Angeles to San Francisco.

This is the simulation. It starts with a P-wave that feels like a truck hitting your house.

Seconds later, the S-wave hits. The ground doesn't just shake; it rolls like the ocean.

Skyscrapers in Downtown LA would sway until they snap. The I-5 and Highway 101 would collapse

instantly, trapping millions. Gas lines rupture, turning the city into a firestorm

that firefighters can’t reach because the roads are gone. This has happened before in 1906,

and science says we are 50 years overdue. When the ground starts rolling...