''10.0 Earthquake'' is a 2014 American

disaster film A disaster film or disaster movie is a film genre that has an impending or ongoing disaster as its subject and primary plot device. Such disasters may include natural disasters, accidents, offensive (military), military/terrorism, terrorist att ...

directed by David Gidali and starring

Henry Ian Cusick Henry Ian Cusick (born 17 April 1967) is a Peruvian-Scottish actor of television, film, and theatre and a television director best known as Desmond Hume in '' Lost'', for which he received a Primetime Emmy Award nomination. He also starred as J ...

and

Jeffrey Jones Jeffrey Duncan Jones (born September 28, 1946) is an American actor, known for his roles as Emperor Joseph II in '' Amadeus'' (1984), Edward R. Rooney in ''Ferris Bueller's Day Off'' (1986), Charles Deetz in ''Beetlejuice'' (1988), Dr. Skip Tyl ...

Plot

As a series of minor earthquakes start tearing apart

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, scientist Emily of the

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theorizes that it is all building to a super quake that will drop the entire city into a lava-filled chasm. Engineer Jack whose daughter has gone camping with her friends in the danger area and whose company is responsible for the quakes due to their deep fracking feels obligated to help, and races with Emily through the increasingly damaged city with the hopes of diverting the epicenter to

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and potentially saving millions of lives in the city of Los Angeles.

Cast

as Jack *

as Marcus Gladstone * Cameron Richardson as Emily Schiffman * Chasty Ballesteros as Cindy * Kristen Dalton as Stephanie * Heather Sossaman as Nicole *

Olivia Jordan Olivia Jordan Thomas (born September 28, 1988) is an American actress and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss USA 2015. Jordan later represented the United States at Miss Universe 2015, where she was finished as the second runner-up ...

as Felicia *

David Chokachi David Chokachi ( ; born January 16, 1968) is an American film and television actor. He is known for his roles in the TV series ''Witchblade'', ''Baywatch'', and ''Beyond The Break''. Early life David Chokachi was born in Plymouth, Massachusetts. ...

as Ritter * Malcolm Barrett as Michael Booker *

Joey Luthman Joseph Gregory Wagner Luthman (born January 13, 1997) is an American actor. He is best known for his recurring role as Rad Ferris on the series ''Weeds''. Personal life Luthman was born at Southview Hospital in Dayton, Ohio, on January 14, 1997. ...

as Teddy Toblosky * Scott Subiono as Paxton * Terry Scannell as Hicks * Brock Kelly as Derrick * Rachel Sterling as Jazmine *

David Barrera David Joel Barrera (born December 28, 1968) is an American actor. He is best known for his role as Gunnery Sgt. Ray 'Casey Kasem' Griego in ''Generation Kill''. He has appeared in television series including ''Grimm'', ''Heroes'', '' CSI: Miami' ...

as Hector * David Michael Paul as Warner * Jason Sims-Prewitt as Lt. Marquez

Soundtrack

References

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