Earthquake Video One

[bub777]

Wow, I'm amazed the TV stayed put during all that shaking in contrast with the ceiling lights falling.

[TheBritishradio]

@sunshine2233 Dead

[ahampster2]

Missouri is like the California of the Mid-West minus the Fires, Desert Wasteland, and L.A.

[dalecech]

hahah all of the whites got under nith there desk n the latino n blacks r like fuck that im out of here lol

[icannotfly]

P-wave at 0:16?

[protorace]

the TV surround system did it!

[MonkeyBoy2194]

Is it true parts of America have 'Earthquake drills'?

[minichuaman]

hopefully!  X )

[lmk819]

Yes, I was born and raised in California and every year in class we would practice the earthquake drills, hide under your desk.

[K3vinDS]

yes not to long ago

the whole state of California had an Earthquake Drill.

the biggest Drill in History

[austinrules24]

I don't live in an earthquake-prone area, but wouldn't places have lights that don't fall so easily during an earthquake?

[Denis543]

well did you see how violently they shook proof of a big ass earthquake scary shit man

[ViagraMan2Us]

They updated the building codes in the early '90's to mandate that anything hanging from a suspended ceiling needed to be anchored to the building structural frame with steel wire.

[Denis543]

um ok do i look like i give a fuck dipshit

[maineysanjose]

he he HAW HAW!!! SO EMOTIONAL. . . SO SENTIMENTAL...HE HE HAW HAW. . . SO, SO GAY. HE HE HAW HAW, J/K

[maineysanjose]

uuumm actually, that earthquake shook WAY harder than it seemed on camera. Camera and real life are 2 different things. that was a 6.9 to a 7.1 and in the same town it was centered in Santa Cruz, Ca. or near it APTOS (forest) was were it was centered. and it shook HARD. here in san jose, this last march we had a 4.3 or 4.4 and it shook pretty good but only for like 2 seconds.

[A2theO2010]

I agree I was in Salinas when the earthquake hit it was felt very strongly there.

[lmk819]

I'm sure that now buildings are built to withstand an earthquake better, but remember that this video is from 1989...

[maineysanjose]

ok look, the video doesnt show u how strong the ground is shaking, u may be basing ur question on ur view of the t.v. or the room not shaking side to side and up and dwn. but i assure u, since i was there & lived less than 20 miles from the epicenter in San Jose, california it was very strong and got worse after the video ended. the video doesnt depict the true ground motion; so to u, it seems the lights are falling eazily, when in fact its a major quake of wich u have no obvious experience :)

[sunshine6565]

Does anybody know which classroom at UC Santa Cruz this is, or who's teaching it? Where are the students today?

[A2theO2010]

I just asked my self the same question

[Novelist6369]

This classroom was within 5 miles of the epicenter. So they were basically on top of it.

[plateshutoverlock]

the light fixtures seem to have come down to fast even considering how powerful the quake was. Were they installed to code?

[Soldier233]

23waystodie is right u dont just stand like idiots watching the ceeling fall ur suppostu go under ur desk that has alot of support to not get hurt

[23waystodie]

this is why people have to hide under desks instead of standing around like an idiot watching the debris falling.

[classiccubs]

OMG that one girl got slammed by those lights =[

[VideoEnthusiast1]

The people in this video are complete idiots. they're just asking to get hurt by the falling lighhts.

[evilchild967]

stfu

[dicenamite]

hahaha george constance style! good one, mate.

[flosspoint]

I'm sorry but I'd find a way out of that building, no matter what was falling on my head, in any George Costanza way I could.

[Klaqszton]

shit ...... terrible situaction ;/

[mhowattvaldosta]

Scary video...notice the lights falling from the ceiling.

[MaximumCat]

This quake shook much harder than the video indicates. It was only a 6.8-6.9 moment magnitude (7.1 surface magnitude due to liquefaction in many areas), and caused major damage across a large portion of the Monterey and San Francisco bay areas..  A really large earthquake (7.5+) would completely devastate an area as ill-prepared as these areas were prior to that quake.

[theblooman]

I live in the UK, so I'm not surprised if that happened at schools, colleges or universities.