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Rescue teams are now

searching for survivors.

Dad, can you please

put my music back on?

Hey, this is serious.

Lighten up. They said it

was just an aftershock.

People were probably

hurt in it.

Look, I realize

that you're going

through your own

thing right now,

but do you think you could

consider someone else

once in a while?

Oh, okay. Is this your

version of parental advice?

Yes.

Who are you to give me advice?

I am your father.

Oh. Why don't you

try being my father

and be there once in a while?

What do you call this?

This is something

on your to-do list.

You can't get off that easily.

I don't know why I even try.

How did I know you were

going to say that? God.

Governor, do you want

to issue a statement

regarding the missing train?

No, not yet. Not until

we have all the facts.

Where's Rachel? Rachel?

Jimmy, we already talked

about this this morning.

We've been waiting

for two years now.

I thought you wanted

to have a family.

Yes. Yes, I do,

but not now. Now is

not the right time.

All right, then when?

You know,

it is never going to be

a perfect time, Rachel.

Rachel... I love you.

I love you.

Jimmy, this is such a bad time.

Can we please just

talk about this

when I get home? Please?

Rachel! Rachel, where are you?

Jimmy, I've got to go now.

Rachel, where are you?

Yes, coming.

Rachel? Oh, there you are.

Any news in the

last 10 minutes?

No, nothing yet.

What about the relief effort

for the Seattle area?

Let everyone know

I've already been on the phone

with the governor of Washington.

And we're doing

everything we can.

And the fact that they're

calling this aftershock an 8.4?

It isn't sitting too well

with a lot of people.

When I have more answers,

I'll call a press conference.

Till then, the last

thing we need to do

is add to the panic.

We'll get through this.

Let's take it step by step.

All right?

Jordan? Can we talk?

What is it?

What if that wasn't

an aftershock?

It could be its own

distinct quake.

Two separate earthquakes,

back to back?

Do you know what the odds

of that happening are?

The odds of an aftershock

being larger than

the original quake

are worse.

So where's the hypocenter?

I don't know.

You're not making

any sense, Sam.

Wait.

Maybe it's deeper than we think.

Deeper than we can measure.

Deeper than we can measure?

It's just a theory

I'm working on.

What's the theory?

I don't want to say just yet.

Might as well say.

You're thinking it.

All right. You know

I've been working

on the San Andreas fault and

other possible fault lines

interacting with the

North American plate,

like the San Jacinto fault,

the Pinto Mountain fault,

the Blanco fracture zone...

I read your book too, Sam.

While I was researching

those faults,

I discovered something

that led me to believe

there may be a few others.

Deeper ones.

How deep?

Below 700 kilometers.

700 kilometers is the deepest.

They don't get any

deeper than that, Sam.

I'm convinced they do.

Two here.

Four here.

How come no one

else found them?

We don't have the equipment

to measure that deep.

It's like galaxy predicting

or measuring anti-matter.

You can only extrapolate

based on what we can see.

So you're thinking that

these theoretical faults

are interacting

with each other.

Interacting with each other

and other known faults, yes.

It's a possibility.

I'm not gonna lie to you, Sam.

It's a stretch.

Calling that 8.4 an

aftershock is a stretch.

Just because we can't

find the fault line

doesn't mean it doesn't exist.

You should know that.

I know that, but I can't

take this to USGS.

Jordan, look at the pattern.

What if I'm right?

What if these two quakes

were building on each other?

A chain reaction.

I'm speculating here, but

if my theory is right,

there's a very high probability

that more will follow.

Think about it. 7.9.

We've got 8.4.

What's next?

An Ontrack passenger train

was reported missing

moments after communication

was lost with it.

Rescue teams...

This is a nightmare.

Have settled on

a rural area...

Two earthquakes

occur 800 miles apart

on the same day?

I'm not an expert,

but I think it's fair to

ask some questions here.

Well, technically,

they're calling

the second event

an aftershock.

Who's "they"?

And have we confirmed

this information yet?

This information comes from a

number of different sources.

Nothing has been

confirmed yet.

Right now, most people

are just speculating.

And that's exactly what

we don't need right now,

speculation.

There's a lot of scared

people out there...

And they have a lot of questions

about what just happened.

Someone has to

have the answers.

We need a face to

this disaster team,

someone everyone can look to.

Mr. President, we're

dealing with two governors

and their

administrations here,

not to mention the mayors

of the affected cities.

This might take some time...

We don't have time to cut

through the red tape.

By the time the left hand

has figured out what

the right is doing,

this will have exploded

in all our faces.

Get me Nolan.

He's perfect for the job.

What about the governors, sir?

Have they come forward

with someone?

No, sir. Not yet.

Well, I have. If they have

a problem with my choice,

they can give me a call.

They have my number.

Could you get Mr. Nolan on

the phone for me, please?

Yes, sir.

Yes, Mr. President.

I understand.

Roy, we're gonna need

a base of operations.

I'll start setting up a

disaster management center

immediately.

We'll need to gather

the best in the field.

Seismologists, geologists.

We need to figure this

out as soon as possible.

I understand.

Who do you have

in mind for this?

I'm working on a

list as we speak.

All right.

You'll report directly to me.

How do you want

to approach this?

Let's set up a

press conference.

Let's hit this

disaster head-on.

Good idea.

People need to know

you're in charge.

You up for it?

I'm up for it, Paul.

You'd tell me if you

weren't, right?

No, sir, I would not.

The ball's in your

hands, buddy.

If anyone can pull this off,

it's you.

I understand. Thank you.

I won't let you down,

Mr. President.

You're okay.

Get some coffee, Zack. We're

gonna be here a while.

What's going on?

You didn't hear about

those two quakes?

Yeah, well, I saw

something on TV.

The hospitals can't

handle the overflow.

All the injuries

from the two quakes,

they're helevacing

them down our way now.

Should be here

within the hour...

Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa. Owen,

I just got off a double.

I need you here.

You got it.

Thought so.

But at this point,

they don't even know

where to start exactly.

At this point,

they're simply

trying to save lives

and make sure

that as few people

get injured or die

as possible, so...

Is that why dad's working

at the hospital?

Helping all those hurt people?

Mm-hmm.

There's a lot of

people that need help.

I just hope the

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