''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, military/terrorist attacks or global catastrophes such as ...

directed by David Gidali and starring

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and

Jeffrey Jones Jeffrey Duncan Jones (born September 28, 1946) is an American character actor, best 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) ...

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 Cameron Richardson (born September 11, 1979) is an American producer, actress and model, who portrayed Chloe Carter on the CBS television miniseries ''Harper's Island'' in 2009. Early life Born in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Richardson grew up i ...

as Emily *

Chasty Ballesteros Chasty Rose Ballesteros is a Canadian actress who has had roles in ''Smallville'', ''Supernatural (U.S. TV series), Supernatural'', ''Psych'', ''Sanctuary (TV series), Sanctuary'', ''Modern Family (TV series), Modern Family'', ''The Big Bang The ...

as Cindy * Kristen Dalton as Stephanie * Heather Sossaman as Nicole *

Olivia Jordan Olivia Jordan Thomas (born September 28, 1988) is an American actress, model, television host, and beauty pageant titleholder, who was crowned Miss USA 2015. She represented the United States at Miss Universe 2015, where she placed as a second ...

as Felicia *

David Chokachi David Chokachi (born David Al-Chokhachy; 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 Plymo ...

as Reynolds * Malcolm Barrett as Booker *

Joey Luthman Joseph Gregory Wagner Luthman (born January 14, 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 * 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

*Surfing in the Morning Written by Adam Abildgaard, Nick Duffy, Ted Davis Performed by

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*Azucar Written by Nick Ralph Performed by The Sidekixx *Rum Runner Written by Adam Abildgaard, Nick Duffy, Ted Davis Performed by Hot Flash Heat Wave *Voi Che Sapete Written by Lorenzo da Ponte Courtesy of Roman Larkow *Dirty Dreaming Written by Adam Abildgaard, Nick Duffy, Ted Davis Performed by Hot Flash Heat Wave *Idea List Written by Jason Leivian, Michael Newman Performed by

Lava Lava is molten or partially molten rock (magma) that has been expelled from the interior of a terrestrial planet (such as Earth) or a moon onto its surface. Lava may be erupted at a volcano or through a fracture in the crust, on land or un ...

*Mexican Polka Song Written by Steve Rice Performed by Steve Rice *Courtesy of Sunset Hill Music Waltz Opus 64 No 2 Performed by Sergei Novikov Courtesy of Prolific 1 Publishing *Salt Spray Written by Adam Abildgaard, Nick Duffy, Ted Davis Performed by Hot Flash Heat Wave *Dreamwalker Performed by Gary Wolk Courtesy of Gary Wolk *Humanwave Written by Jason Leivian, Michael Newman Performed by Lava *Hormone Written by Jason Leivian, Michael Newman Performed by Lava *Turning Blue Written by Adam Abildgaard, Nick Duffy, Ted Davis Performed by Hot Flash Heat Wave *Jump Mix Demo C With Kicks Written by George Kocovic Performed by Geo Roc

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