San Andreas Quotes

Dr. Lawrence Hayes The earthquake that they felt was from movement along the fault line in the Central Valley; their end of the fault line has not moved yet. More importantly, people need to know that the shaking is not over, and it's not aftershocks I'm talking about. San Francisco is going to get hit again, and it's going to be a bigger monster this time - our models are predicting a 9.5 or greater. It will be so big, that even though it's happening here in California, you will feel it on the East Coast. Now I cannot emphasize this enough to the people of San Francisco: You need to get out. And I mean now. And if you can't, you need to find any means possible to drop, cover, and hold on. Because your life is gonna depend on it. God be with you.

Taglines San Andreas. We always knew this day would come.

Serena Are you saying you think the whole San Andreas fault might go off?

Hayes Yes, that's exactly what I'm saying.

Phoebe Who should we call?

Hayes Everybody.

Taglines Where will you be, who will you be with, when everything falls apart?

Emma So, what now?

Ray Now we rebuild.

Ray Gaines It's been a while since I got you to second base.

Emma Ray?

Ray I see it!

Ray All right, hold on. We gotta get over it before it crests!

Ray Come on! Come on!

Emma We are gonna make it. We are gonna make it!

Ray Oh, yeah.

Ray Oh shit!

Emma Ray!

Taglines Ever have one of THOSE days...? Pray you don't.

Hayes Now, the ] in Japan was considered one of the five strongest since 1900. It was so powerful, in fact that it moved the main island of Japan eight feet. This is just one of the 1.3 million earthquakes that occur around the globe each year. The largest ever recorded here in North America: ] A 9.1. The earth shook for five straight minutes. The energy release was the equivalent of 10 million atom bombs the size of the one dropped on Hiroshima. And that's not the biggest earthquake ever recorded. No, the biggest was four years earlier ] A 9.5 on the Richter scale, right there. Bam. This quake lasted 11 minutes and spawned a tsunami, 82 feet high, that leveled Hilo, Hawaii, 8,000 miles away. Eight thousand miles away. So, um... It's mass destruction like this that shows just how important the research that we're doing here is, because we need to be able to predict these things. right? To plan and prepare for them. Yes, ma'am?

Student #1 Professor, do you think something that intense could happen here?

Hayes Well, the San Andreas fault runs right up the spine of California. It's the demarcation line between two tectonic plates that are constantly moving. Add to that the fact that it's supposed to happen every 150 years, and we're about 100 years overdue... I'd say it's not a matter of if, it's a matter of when.

Elgin Damn, Godzilla, what the hell'd you do to her this time?

Ray Played a little tug of war with a car. How soon before you get her fixed?

Elgin I'll call Martinez today, get a new one sent over to maintenance.

Ray Elgin, you move any faster, you're gonna break that hip.

Hayes Come on, I need everybody!

Serena What are we doing?

Hayes Getting you on the air. We need to warn people.

Serena How? There's no way to upload a signal!

Hayes You're at Caltech.

Hayes Okay, who wants an "A" in Independent Study? I'm starting a new class: "How to Save Lives by Hacking Media Outlets".

Student #2 Hell, yeah, man, I'm in.

Hayes Sweet, bro. Get your laptop, let's go.