Nova

Deadliest Earthquakes

Season 38, Episode 1 of 15

In 2010, epic earthquakes all over the planet delivered one of the worst annual death tolls ever recorded. The deadliest strike was in Haiti, where a quake just southwest of the capital, Port-au-Prince, killed more than 200,000, reducing homes, hospitals, schools, and the presidential palace to rubble. In exclusive coverage, a NOVA camera crew follows a team of US geologists as they first enter Haiti in the immediate aftermath of the tragedy. It is a race against time as they hunt for crucial evidence that will help them determine exactly what happened deep underground and what the risks are of a new killer quake. Barely a month after the Haiti quake, Chile was struck by a quake 100 times more powerful, unleashing a tsunami that put the entire Pacific coast on high alert. In a coastal town devastated by the rushing wave, NOVA follows a team of geologists as they battle aftershocks to measure the displacement caused by the earthquake. Could their work, and the work of geologists at earthquake hot-spots around the U.S., one day lead to a breakthrough in predicting quakes before they happen? NOVA investigates new leads in its investigation of a deadly scientific conundrum.

Previously Aired

Day
Time
Channel
1/11/2011
8 p.m.
1/12/2011
1 a.m.
1/16/2011
4 p.m.
1/4/2012
10 p.m.
1/5/2012
3 a.m.
6/25/2014
9 p.m.
6/26/2014
2 a.m.
6/27/2014
1 p.m.
6/15/2016
9 p.m.
6/16/2016
3 a.m.
6/17/2016
2 p.m.
6/19/2016
8 a.m.
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