Earthquake Experts Debunk 13 Earthquake Myths | Debunked

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Veronica Cedillos, director of GeoHazards, and Gerardo Suarez, a geophysical engineer with the National University of Mexico, join us to debunk 13 myths about earthquakes and earthquake safety.
They tell us why a doorway isn't actually the safest place to take cover, how the "Triangle of Life" could actually put you in more danger, and why there's no such thing as earthquake weather. Will California really fall into the ocean? Can the Earth actually open up and swallow entire buildings? We get down to the bottom of these myths and more on this episode of Debunked.
00:00 Intro
00:38 Doorways are a safe place to take cover during an earthquake.
1:43 The "Triangle of Life" will save you.
2:28 Earthquake-proof buildings are indestructible.
3:27 Small earthquakes prevent big ones from happening.
4:40 We are overdue for a major earthquake.
5:25 You should always try to get outside.
6:08 The ground can open up during an earthquake.
6:58 In the US, a big enough earthquake on the West Coast could be felt on the East Coast.
8:00 We are able to predict earthquakes.
9:16 In tall buildings, it's always safer to be on a lower floor.
9:50 California will fall into the ocean.
10:25 There's such a thing as earthquake weather.
10:56 Bigger earthquakes happen under full moons.
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@l.phantom380 3 года назад

We need a video like this for volcanoes

@Diamondraw4Real 3 года назад

The triangle of safety in the volcanoe won't save you it can actually be quite dangerous 🌋

@clam4597 3 года назад

One for asteroid.

@FriedenLilla 3 года назад

I second that

@iamscoliosisgirl 3 года назад

agree

@vincentlee7359 2 года назад

Another for tornadoes

@rubenzohar3254 3 года назад

Do one about lightning Cant use shower Cant sit in front of window Cant use phone Cant walk outside

@Centrioless 3 года назад

The ground wont open up, but liquefaction most likely will swallow everything on the ground. There's a footage of a village being swallowed during 2018 earthquake in indonesia

@TomoyoYumemi 3 года назад

Also happend to some towns in Mexico during the 2017 quakes

@kari7403 3 года назад

I found an article on some experiment done by people at CalTech, that shows the ground can and has opened up, on occasion. But it tends to close back up very quickly. They had some model built to recreate plates along a fault line, and while recording it all, were able to cause an explosion below the plates, to simulate pressure build up, and saw that the plates did end up splitting apart from each other, if only briefly. Those same researchers had looked into the Tohoku Earthquake site of 2011. (The quake that caused the tsunamis which was responsible for the Fukushima nuclear disaster.) And they found that there was a split between the plates, in places as much as 164 feet. Kinda cool I thought. But still, to this day, the accepted truth is that it isnt possible. Even though the researchers at CalTech have proof to the contrary. I dont understand why people have to be so stubborn. Especially in fields of research and study. You'd think one would have to have a more open mind when working in fields of knowledge and discovery of new information... But throughout history, its seen that new advancements, or different ways of doing things, based off of newly discovered information, and new ideas in general, are not only rejected, but often violently so, and flat out blocked by the people working in whatever relevant field. There is plenty of recorded cases of this happening in the medical field and in astronomy. Plenty of other cases in many other fields, too. If anything, it appears as if those who should be more open minded, are actually much more closed to anything different than what they know as truth. It's ironic.

@Magneticlaw 2 года назад

I doubt that their buildings or the grounds were up to code...

@freedomthroughspirit Год назад

Excellent point! I was just writing a comment contesting their ground opening comment up but I forgot about liquefaction, too.

@makeracistsafraidagain 3 года назад

In the 1960s a crack formed during an earthquake along side my mom's house and across the street. This was in Los Angles County. In the next 15 years it opened one inch wide and the edges moved relative to each other two inches. There were a lot of small earthquakes during this period. A new VA hospital wing collapsed nearby.

@wifipigeon01 2 года назад

They did say something about small cracks at 6:38 I think.

@confuzedpenguin9974 3 года назад

I could listen to this dude say his name over and over.

@user-dq6pm6sg8z Месяц назад

6:40 6:44 6:47 Fantastical Idea

@ax--media 3 года назад

How about "earthquake lightenings"? That phenomenon where flashes of light appear during an earthquake?

@EduardoEscarez 3 года назад

Part of those are related to when the conductors of electric grids hit because of the movement and creates sparks due to the large amounts of electricity they move, and some are believe to be related to triboluminescence, but still there isn't a definitive explanation.

@tenshiangelina 3 года назад

That is a real thing, many people documented them in Mexico City's 2017 earthquake.

@shinomiya89 3 года назад

The thing is, today's furniture for the normal people, are made from cheap materials. No matter if you stay inside or run outside, a table will not save you because it will break immediately... An endless circle...

@XSemperIdem5 2 года назад

Imagine thinking an IKEA table will save you 😬 But also a main reason why I have never even considered a glass dining table.

@skaruts 2 года назад

When I was younger I was playing videogames at 3 am, and suddenly felt a single big thump, as if the gods had kicked my house from below. My grandpa went to the bathroom, then came to my room and said _"I was sleeping so well... until you decided to kick the wall."_ Imagine how I felt, going like _"but, but... it wasn't me!",_ but also not knowing wtf that was... lol To this day I still don't know what it was. There's been plenty of small earthquakes over the years around here, but none of them ever felt like a thump. There's also a quarry close enough that you can frequently feel thumps coming from there, but the quarry is closed at 3 am...

@dennisyatsenko3037 Год назад

Yes I know exactly what you’re talking about. My sofa moved with a thump.. I felt same thing. Maybe underground cities or experiments being done underground on new tech. Who knows lol 🤣

@LCHedley 3 года назад

My whole childhood just crumbled. . .

@user-dq6pm6sg8z Месяц назад

By an earthquake??

@CapnKetchup 2 года назад

Good information! One question I didn't see addressed: can animals' behavior predict earthquakes? I've heard stories of pets or even flocks of birds becoming disturbed prior to earthquakes.

@brianreddeman951 2 года назад

I did my own personal journal recording local birds, neighbors pets and my own over the course of six months. I didn't see any correlation. Sometimes I did see them react but that was only during a tremor that was enough to shake trees and buildings...but at that point everyone including myself noticed it. Not too useful. 😁

@freedomthroughspirit Год назад

Many animals are able to sense the P-waves (primary waves) that come from an earthquake before the S-waves (that we can all feel if big enough) hit.

@harrietharlow9929 2 года назад

This is great! I'm. Major geology and volcanology buff and I learned a lot from this. I was living in SF ay the time of 1989 Loma Prieta quake and apparently underneath the area where I lived is a pad of rock and even though my building was built in 1926, it rode out the quake just fine whilst a number of similarly-constructed buildings in the Marina collapsed, but the Marina is largely built on fill from the 1906 earthquake. So where you are when an earthquake hits is a definite plus or minus.

@ImJustAHacker123 3 года назад

is it weird that youtube recommended this to me after i watched 2012?

@punisherlee 3 года назад

Genuine Question: Why are you advised to stay under a sturdy table or even hide during an earthquake? If the building collapses, you're dead whichever way. That's why I think it's better to run outside the building; so it doesn't collapse on you.

@punisherlee 3 года назад

I just watched 5:25

@tenshiangelina 3 года назад

Well, you just watched it for what I can see. Expert rescuers in Mexico have said that they've found the most amount of bodies in stair (people trying to get out), and they have rescued the greatest amount of alive people from bathrooms.

3 года назад

Chilean here. Usually you won't have time to get out unless you are on the first floor and near a door, and outside there are cars, falling debris (shattered windows) and electric wires. Earthquakes are really fast to develop. Also, if you are in a seismic zone and building regulations are systematically enforced (like in Chile), indeed inside the building is as safe as outside. As we Chileans say, don't run. Outside there's an earthquake too.

@aalisredwood 2 года назад

@ "Pa qué vai a correr si afuera también ta temblando weon!" Yeah, like, people who don't live in areas prone to earthquakes think they last a long time, but it's actually really rare for them to last more than a few seconds. We Chileans trust our buildings so much we don't even stand up (or leave bed if we are sleeping) unless it's an 6 or higher in Richter's scale (We also like to guess how "strong" the tremor was. We don't even say earthquake unless it's like a 7 lol). If you feel the earth moving, look for the one person who's not panicking. They're probably Chilean or Japanese: If you see them a bit worried, you are probably next to the ocean and they are wondering if there's a risk of a tsunami. Those are actually dangerous.

@beth8775 2 года назад

That is also going to depend on the size of the building. An apartment building is very different from a house.

@evilsharkey8954 3 года назад

The only type of earthquake that could be felt on the opposite US coast would have to be caused by a huge space rock smashing into the Earth at ridiculous speeds.

@keepmoving1185 3 года назад

Thank you! 😍

@annuitcptis1447 3 года назад

For the algorithm!

@juliantamez2376 3 года назад

During 2019, a huge Crack in a local store in my area had run its way through the entire store from the 6.4 and 7.1 earthquakes

@michkamona 3 года назад

So explain why half of my friends house sunk into a big hole during an earthquake. If it wasn't the "earthquake" then what was it? Just curious here.

@evilsharkey8954 3 года назад

That’s because of liquefaction or a sinkhole. Liquefaction is when the shaking makes sandy soils behave like a liquid so surface objects sink in. Sinkholes form when the roofs of underground caverns collapse, taking down everything above. An earthquake could definitely trigger a cavern collapse and resulting sinkhole.

@jordanandkimbothepugs 3 года назад

i am in iceland now and we have crazy earthquakes on a daily basis

@XSemperIdem5 2 года назад

Are those related to volcanic activity? I'm in Southern California so from the video you get an idea of the types of earthquakes I get here.

@MissVasques 3 года назад

I live where earthquakes Never happen Yet I am Here to learn. Maybe one day I’ll visit somewhere where they happen.

@XSemperIdem5 2 года назад

I live where sometimes there's so many aftershocks you can actually feel that you're laying in bed, annoyed that it's shaking again. My first earthquake, I was a baby and don't even remember it.

@AnywhereChrista 3 года назад

I couldn't hear this video because of the audio quality, unfortunately.

@np2679 3 года назад

Always fun. Great job

@jonathanseibert8832 3 года назад

Liar.

@Robert235 3 года назад

Good video, sadly I believed more than half of myths

@CodAddict324 Год назад

Good video 🇲🇽

@freedomthroughspirit Год назад

Great topic, thank you. I disagree with one: Very rarely the ground indeed DOES open up -- look at the huge chasm (13 stories deep) formed in Turkey in that olive field (2023)! Not common, but if you're right on top of a huge fault line, it is possible. Also, predictions, no, but rough forecasting (like the weather), yes! Dutchsinse has shared how to forecast an area and a general magnitude within a week or so, given that the energy flows in a pattern over and over again - it's forecasting in its early days (not perfected yet by any means) but it's still been very successful and has helped people get prepared (just ask the Italians from a few years back and Turkey for the third big quake recently). Sadly, the USGS has been resistant to this (especially from an outsider), unlike the way science used to be where information was shared and new ideas were welcome (sigh), but that's not my battle, I just appreciate the citizen scientists willing to be vulnerable and share ideas and try to improve them over time. P.S. Loved that you used some clips from the San Francisco (1936) movie. ☺

@sarmientoenricomiguelv.562 3 года назад

Science is reality Hollywood is spectacle

@theangrycheeto 3 года назад

Guess I'll just curl up and die during an earthquake then

@XSemperIdem5 2 года назад

If you're in bed yes, curl up and use your pillows to protect your head 🤷 better than just laying there. But primarily don't hand heavy items so close they can fall on you if you're in bed. And properly secure large furniture.

@wicked_deftlady 3 года назад

Earthquakes terrify me. 😵‍💫

@freedomthroughspirit Год назад

Speaking from experience they can be quite fun if not too big! I've only experienced up to a 5.3 so much larger would be quite scary. Try not to worry, but if you live in an earthquake-prone region, make sure to have an emergency kit prepared, including food and water, and definitely shoes and a flashlight by the bed.

@ciminkitaplar-seslikitapla9596 2 года назад

I'am pretty suspicious about this video. Cuz I am living in a very active area. I experienced 3 different major earthquakes, and dozens of small ones. We witnessed so many people saved by the "triangle". And whenever there is a long silence of small earthquakes, a big one happened. And please don't hide under a table!!! how could someone give this kind of deadly advice ?its just common sense!

@freedomthroughspirit Год назад

I'm sorry you've been through so many major quakes, very scary. In California and Japan, for example, our buildings are usually very strong and being under a sturdy table helps us not get hurt from falling books, TV, etc. in our houses. If you can't get under a table, crouch down next to a strong object like a desk or credenza and cover your neck and head. The advice as what to do in a big quake VERY much depends on where you live and what kind of building you are in (and your physical mobility). In some countries, where buildings are made of concrete (Stone stack structures) running outside (away from falling debris) is the best course of action. Wishing you all the best and praying for Turkey and Syria in the recent quakes. 💓🙏

@Trip_Ts 3 года назад

damn, I got major debunked here.

@user-dq6pm6sg8z Месяц назад

Not a single "It's got" " I've got," Perfect Grammar!!!

@myrandomlife8881 3 года назад

For the first myth, if u at door ways, why not going out :(

@beth8775 2 года назад

Could be an interior doorway

@vergelgundran7486 3 года назад

Earthquake experts??? You mean SEISMOLOGISTS?

@clam4597 3 года назад

One for understanding and one for monitoring/measuring earthquakes.

@chrisbove8248 3 года назад

Veronica introduced herself as a structural engineer. Structural engineers design buildings for all types of hazards, including earthquakes. They typically are trained very minimally in geology and are most definitely not seismologists. Gerardo is however listed in the video as a seismology researcher. The video title is therefore generic and makes perfect sense.

@josselinguajala8158 3 года назад

Comentemos en español como forma de mostrar presencia uwur

@luki26_ 3 года назад

we were totally brainwashed by social media

@evilsharkey8954 3 года назад

This brainwashing happened waaay before social media.

@1littlelee 2 года назад

in turkey they predicted earth quakes 4 times in a row with 100% accuracy, so you are wrong

@saschamayer4050 2 года назад

11:35

@ShaquibQuoreshi 3 года назад

The videos audio is terrible i know they’re talking online but the audio could’ve been better

@darkbionic1044 3 года назад

Nothing we can do for volcanoes not even run the lava will be faster to catch up with us 😭

@paow0w279 3 года назад

I don't understand your comment but I do know that lava is quite slow.

@general_-rt4bt 3 года назад

@@paow0w279 no

@aleenaprasannan2146 3 года назад

You most definitely can run away....lava is extremely viscous, it doesn't flow fast like water. But an explosive volcanic eruptions is whole different matter in which you could either get killed by the ash fall or by molten projectile or chunks of rocks and debris. If live near an active volcano, a massive explosive eruption will be less likely, but if it's a volcano that has stayed dormant for a long time, the first time it starts to get active again might be explosive. If there if a volcano near you, pray for lava which you can outrun than ash and projectile

@zammyr6807 3 года назад

It depends on the type of magma that comes to the surface!!!! (Lava is just magma but on the surface). The magma that is "inside" a volcano can have different properties making it viscous or not. The lava we see in Hawaiian volcanoes is super viscous so it flows relatively slow (don't fool yourself thinking it is TOO slow). Other types can be "faster", not considering the pyroclastic fragments (rocks and such that are thrown into the air). Some volcanoes are really dangerous, Hawaiian-type ones are less.

@evilsharkey8954 3 года назад

Volcanoes usually give a lot of warning before they erupt, so people can evacuate. If there’s suitable monitoring equipment and people using it nearby, scientists can detect little earthquakes, ground deformation, gas emissions, and other indicators that an eruption is imminent and warn people so they can evacuate before the eruption starts. The problem is when volcanoes are in remote areas and/or in poorer countries, where they aren’t as carefully monitored, like with the recent eruption in Congo. As for lava, the speed it flows depends on the temperature, the chemical composition, and the slope it’s flowing down. Very hot, basaltic lava flowing down a steep slope and in a pre-heated flow channel or lava tube can actually move pretty fast. It’s even faster if there’s gases pushing it out of a vent, causing it to spew. Lava usually stays pretty close to the volcano, though, and in many places you could outrun it by just taking one step every few minutes. It lets you know it’s coming, too since it’s hot enough you can feel it from a distance, and it hisses and crackles and sometimes even makes clinking noises as the rocky outer bits fall off. The greater immediate volcano dangers are lahars (volcanic mud and ash flows) and pyroclastic flows (hot gas, ash, and debris avalanches, sometimes hot enough to glow at night) which move very, very fast and either smash or incinerate everything in their paths. If you saw Jurassic World Fallen Kingdom, everything overtaken by that grey cloud would have died or wished it had died, including main characters in plot armor. The deadliest volcano in recorded history was Tambora because it spat out so much ash and gas that it blotted out the sun and caused a year of crop failures and famine all over the northern hemisphere.

@kari7403 3 года назад

I think that, Land Before Time, is likely a huge culprit in getting a lot of people to believe that earthquakes cause the ground to open up. Lol. It's pretty dramatic and makes Earthquakes look like they cause new valleys and cliff sides.

@evilsharkey8954 3 года назад

That imagery is much older than The Land Before Time. The big cracks have been in cartoons for ages. Fantasia includes an earthquake that reshapes the landscape at the end of the Rite of Spring segment.

@donaldfrazier5244 3 года назад

Tides on the ocean caused by the gravity of the moon but don’t effect any lakes why?

@ikrar26 3 года назад

Lake didnt go anywhere.. But ocean is big.. If one area is being pull then other side will be receding become lower or more shallow.. Unless the lake is big enough ? Like really big

@robsalvv5853 3 года назад

It does, but the water doesn't "pile" significantly because of scale.

@StrykezMan09 3 года назад

Funny thing is that even after watching this video there are still gonna people who'll choose to ignore these facts and carry on believing the myths because they're more "exciting".

@ikrar26 3 года назад

Or they just dont believe the video.. The can choose

@kuhljager2429 2 года назад

I mean, I might logically understand why California won't fall into the ocean, but it's too much fun to joke about it doing that

@kagannasuhbeyoglu 3 года назад

👍

@miguelhernandez6733 3 года назад

They said quakes aren't related to weather, but I've seen them happen like this in my country: There are little quakes when we go to rainy season after a prolonged dry season and also when rain season is over. Just this year it worked like that. I wish they could debunk this on more detail

@freedomthroughspirit Год назад

I think there is more to this also. For example, there seems to be a spike of quakes (larger quakes?) in March and Dec (near solstices) and in July. Hopefully we learn more about quake patterns in the near future.

@gabrielagarnica1268 2 года назад

She looks like Maite Perroni

@Shontaku Год назад

Interesting how much incorrect information these people pass on. I’m curious as to how much liability they may face.

@MrDiaxus 2 года назад

I have to say KGB road in Wasilla, AK definitely had some nice crevices after our last big quake. Sure, Hollywood blows it way out of proportion, but if anyone was standing there at the time they would not have had a happy ending most likely.

@moonshine.9169 3 года назад

First

@yunvic 3 года назад

Nice

@Mylifeisperfect190 3 года назад

Yeah nice

@Diamondraw4Real 3 года назад

Yeah nice, yeah

@EdithJustice 3 года назад

latino excellence

@cappyjones 3 года назад

Veronica Cedillos! 😍🥰

@agprz 2 года назад

She is so pretty, I'm so in love.

@houmayounkabir3592 3 года назад

Sup (everyone say sup on the reply

@Mylifeisperfect190 3 года назад

@brianzhou326 3 года назад

earthquakes cancelled aot, i hate earthquakes

@DarthPCarth 3 года назад

The comment I was looking for😂

@bet3240 2 года назад

Me, a brazilian, watching this

@MrChalky62 Год назад

Seismologists are not earthquake experts, they study them and not just seismologists. Countries are divided into Levels 1 to 4, Level 1 being a (relatively) developed country but can and does still contain poorly (non-code) buildings. These two muppets talk about the US and developed countries with all their building codes; they need to go out and experience level 3 and 4 countries where even though codes exist, the poor and uneducated cannot/do not build to those - I have experienced, witnessed and assisted in post earthquake countries, building "pancaking" is real. Combine the 2 main types of advice, the preparedness this young lady talks about is totally unreasonable - having no fixtures or retro-fitting your bookshelves to the wall might just bring the whole wall on top of you! Yes, drop, cover and hang on but also do so with sturdy non-electric objects, angle the desk if you have to use it as cover and doorways in level 3 and 4 countries do genuinely survive mostly intact because they are made of massive slabs - that said, if you're under that and both sides move - well, you get the idea. I've also heard the fireplace safety myth - again it's down to building codes as are "bunkers'. There are experts on both sides of every divide - look at flat-earthers and anti-vaxxers - we need one truth and it isn't that genderless person from that book (take your pick) that so many MEN are only allowed to interpret and excuse as a reason for their "science'. There, that's the pot firmly stirred!

@baranitharan6381 3 года назад

Audio quality is pathetic

@konaboyz1690 Год назад

And don't bother praying to your God or gods because they are looking the other way or just don't care.....

@deadpoollee9497 3 года назад

Please we need get California away from us..Portland and NY

@XSemperIdem5 2 года назад

Well geez, just don't come over here then 😂

@sandollor 3 года назад

I love these, keep them up. Maybe do one on why religion, spirituality, and magic are bogus. People need to see those ones.

@jdkgcp 3 года назад

So a 20 something year old who started up a no name company (with 1 employee...her) looking for grant money and funding is telling a life long scientist and researcher what's right. This was just an excuse for her to interview herself to promote herself and her company.

@jonog5632 3 года назад

Yeah whatever. I don't believe this guy. How does he know look at all the land that moved in nz those just small ones all his ideas are based off what we've experienced and we have yet to experience the big one so he's just guessing as much as everyone else.

@DopeForeverBeats 3 года назад

Jesus love you, he died on the cross for you, accept him as your lord and savior he can change everything. For God so loved the world that he gave his only son, so that everyone who believes in him may not perish but may have eternal life" (Jn 3:16" But you must repent too. From that time Jesus went about preaching and saying, Let your hearts be turned from sin, for the kingdom of heaven is near. (Matthew 4:17)/