TV Horizon - Season 40 Episode 8 : Earthquake Storms Horizon - Season 40 Episode 8 : Earthquake Storms 7.516/10 by 32 users Earthquakes are among the most devastating natural disasters on the planet. In the last hundred years they have claimed the lives of over one million people. Earthquakes are destructive mainly because of their unpredictable nature. It is impossible to say accurately when a quake will strike but a new theory could help save lives by preparing cities long in advance for an earthquake. The surface of the Earth is made up of large 'tectonic' plates. These plates are in slow but constant motion. When two plates push against each other friction generates a great deal of energy. For this reason earthquakes occur most frequently on tectonic fault lines, where two plates meet. However these fault lines run for thousands of kilometres; predicting exactly where a quake will occur is nearly impossible. In 1992, Dr Ross Stein was monitoring a large earthquake in a town in California called Landers. Three hours later, there was another quake 67km away at Great Bear. Stein believed that this was not simply an aftershock, instead he theorised the event at Landers had set off the earthquake at Big Bear. Stein believes that when an earthquake occurs the stress that has built up along the fault, is in part, transferred along the fault line. It is this energy transfer that causes other quakes to occur hours, days or months after the original. Details Casts Posters Images Title Horizon - Season 40 Episode 8 : Earthquake Storms Alternative Titles BBC Horizon First Air Date 1964-02-04 Last Air Date 2024-07-22 Number of Episodes 1169 Number of Seasons 60 Genres Documentary, Networks BBC Two, Casts Plot Keywords , Episodes List Horizon Season 40 :Episode 1 The Mystery Of Easter Island The Mystery Of Easter Island 2003-01-09 Horizon tells amazing science stories, unravels mysteries and reveals worlds you've never seen before. Horizon Season 40 :Episode 2 Living Nightmare Living Nightmare 2003-01-16 Horizon tells amazing science stories, unravels mysteries and reveals worlds you've never seen before. Horizon Season 40 :Episode 3 Averting Armageddon Averting Armageddon 2003-01-23 Horizon tells amazing science stories, unravels mysteries and reveals worlds you've never seen before. Horizon Season 40 :Episode 4 Dirty Bomb Dirty Bomb 2003-01-30 Horizon tells amazing science stories, unravels mysteries and reveals worlds you've never seen before. Horizon Season 40 :Episode 5 Sexual Chemistry (Update) Sexual Chemistry (Update) 2003-02-13 Horizon tells amazing science stories, unravels mysteries and reveals worlds you've never seen before. Horizon Season 40 :Episode 6 The Day We Learned To Think The Day We Learned To Think 2003-02-20 Horizon tells amazing science stories, unravels mysteries and reveals worlds you've never seen before. Horizon Season 40 :Episode 7 Trial and Error Trial and Error 2003-02-27 Horizon tells amazing science stories, unravels mysteries and reveals worlds you've never seen before. Horizon Season 40 :Episode 8 Earthquake Storms Earthquake Storms 2003-03-06 Horizon tells amazing science stories, unravels mysteries and reveals worlds you've never seen before. Horizon Season 40 :Episode 9 Life On Mars (Update) Life On Mars (Update) 2003-03-27 Horizon tells amazing science stories, unravels mysteries and reveals worlds you've never seen before. Horizon Season 40 :Episode 10 The Secret Life Of Caves The Secret Life Of Caves 2003-04-03 Horizon tells amazing science stories, unravels mysteries and reveals worlds you've never seen before. Horizon Season 40 :Episode 11 God On The Brain God On The Brain 2003-04-17 Horizon tells amazing science stories, unravels mysteries and reveals worlds you've never seen before. Horizon Season 40 :Episode 12 Flight 587 Flight 587 2003-05-08 Horizon tells amazing science stories, unravels mysteries and reveals worlds you've never seen before. Horizon Season 40 :Episode 13 SARS: The True Story SARS: The True Story 2003-05-29 Horizon tells amazing science stories, unravels mysteries and reveals worlds you've never seen before. Horizon Season 40 :Episode 14 The Big Chill The Big Chill 2003-11-13 Horizon tells amazing science stories, unravels mysteries and reveals worlds you've never seen before. Horizon Season 40 :Episode 15 The Bible Code The Bible Code 2003-11-20 Horizon tells amazing science stories, unravels mysteries and reveals worlds you've never seen before. Horizon Season 40 :Episode 16 Last Flight of the Columbia Last Flight of the Columbia 2003-11-27 Horizon tells amazing science stories, unravels mysteries and reveals worlds you've never seen before. Horizon Season 40 :Episode 17 The Hunt for an AIDS Vaccine The Hunt for an AIDS Vaccine 2003-12-04 Horizon tells amazing science stories, unravels mysteries and reveals worlds you've never seen before. Horizon Season 40 :Episode 18 Percy Pilcher's Flying Machine Percy Pilcher's Flying Machine 2003-12-11 Horizon tells amazing science stories, unravels mysteries and reveals worlds you've never seen before. Horizon Season 40 :Episode 19 Time Trip Time Trip 2003-12-18 Horizon tells amazing science stories, unravels mysteries and reveals worlds you've never seen before.