10.5: Apocalypse

10.5 Apocalypse is a 2006 television miniseries written and directed by John Lafia. A sequel to 2004s 10.5, the film follows a series of catastrophic seismic disasters including earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, tsunamis, and sinkholes, all triggered by an apocalyptic earthquake.

The geologists at the United States Geological Survey in Colorado dont understand why seismic events that are very rare or impossible would be happening so rapidly, but Dr. Samantha Hill remembers that her father had once theorized that the Earths tectonic plates would reach a point of maximum separation, at which point they would reverse direction. The theory also states that related seismic activity would be vastly accelerated during the initial period of reversal. However, Dr. Earl Hill had been ostracised by the USGS for that theory, and had abandoned geology to become a successful professional poker player. When Las Vegas sinks into the ground, he is caught in the casino of the fictional Atlas Hotel. Samantha concludes that the massive faultline travelling towards the Gulf of Mexico threatens to recreate the Central American Seaway when it reaches the ocean.The second part of the miniseries begins with Dr. Hills rescue from the ruins of the Atlas Hotel just before it is swallowed up completely. At the same time, a massive fault line forms in North Dakota, passing through South Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas, and Oklahoma. If it reaches Houston, Texas and the Gulf of Mexico, as predicted, the Midwestern United States will be covered by a new ocean. A massive evacuation of the region is ordered, as an earthquake strikes Sedona, Arizona destroying the Chapel of the Holy Cross in the process. However, a nuclear plant in fictional Red Plains, Texas, is right in the faults path. If it is destroyed, the entire area and hundreds of miles around will be contaminated by nuclear waste. ........

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