'San Andreas' movie has unrealistic science, quake expert says
“I gave them free advice, some of which they took – play up ‘drop, cover, and hold on’ – but much of which they didn’t – magnitude 9’s are too big for the San Andreas, and it can’t produce a big tsunami,” said Thomas Jordan, USC professor and director of the Southern California Earthquake Center.
Jordan’s comments come after the film’s director, Brad Peyton, said in published reports that the film was based on science provided by Jordan, whom he called a consultant to the film, and that he “researched a lot” with Jordan.
Jordan told the Los Angeles Times he was not a paid consultant, and that he agreed to read the script and met with the producer and director three times for free after being contacted through a National Academy of Sciences program that connects filmmakers with scientists.
“I gave them free advice, some of which they took – play up ‘drop, cover, and hold on’ – but much of which they didn’t – magnitude 9’s are too big for the San Andreas, and it can’t produce a big tsunami,” said Thomas Jordan, USC professor and director of the Southern California Earthquake Center.
Jordan’s comments come after the film’s director, Brad Peyton, said in published reports that the film was based on science provided by Jordan, whom he called a consultant to the film, and that he “researched a lot” with Jordan.
Jordan told the Los Angeles Times he was not a paid consultant, and that he agreed to read the script and met with the producer and director three times for free after being contacted through a National Academy of Sciences program that connects filmmakers with scientists.
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