--- title: 'San Andreas' Was Reviewed By An Earthquake Expert description: Dr. Lucy Jones, a seismologist with the U.S. Geological Survey, found some factual inaccuracies canonical: https://time.com/3897947/san-andreas-review-earthquake-expert/ author: Melissa Locker article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-05-27T16:47:14.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:20:22.315Z og:title: 'San Andreas' Was Reviewed By An Earthquake Expert og:description: She reported some factual inaccuracies og:url: https://time.com/3897947/san-andreas-review-earthquake-expert/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt79efc27100505efb/698851d135ba6f5a99c0d737/screen-shot-2015-05-27-at-17-24-03.png?branch=production&width=881&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 881 og:image:height: 496 og:image:alt: Screen Shot 2of Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson in "San Andreas" og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: 'San Andreas' Was Reviewed By An Earthquake Expert twitter:description: She reported some factual inaccuracies twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt79efc27100505efb/698851d135ba6f5a99c0d737/screen-shot-2015-05-27-at-17-24-03.png?branch=production&width=881&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # _San Andreas_ Was Reviewed By An Earthquake Expert > Sponsored content. 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Every edition is assembled by TIME editors rather than generated automatically. by [Melissa Locker](https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/) ## Melissa Locker May 27, 2015 4:47 PM UTC  Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson in "San Andreas" Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson in "San Andreas""San Andreas" trailer by [Melissa Locker](https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/) ## Melissa Locker May 27, 2015 4:47 PM UTC The [trailer](http://time.com/3738573/trailer-san-andreas-dwayne-johnson/) for Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson’s new action flick may be literally groundbreaking, but it turns out that _San Andreas_ isn’t entirely realistic. Dr. Lucy Jones, a seismologist with the U.S. Geological Survey, known in some circles as [the Earthquake Lady](http://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/meet-lucy-jones-the-earthquake-lady-18903045/?no-ist) for her expertise in the field, went to the premiere and live-tweeted the entire movie — for science. Jones used her scientific knowledge to fact-check the movie’s portrayal of The Big One and it appears that Hollywood has taken some liberties with the truth: You can read all [her tweets here](https://twitter.com/DrLucyJones), but the overall takeaway of Jones’s tweets is that while _San Andreas_ is not exactly realistic, it is important to prepare for disasters. If you have an emergency plan, take a disaster training course, get a [landline](https://twitter.com/DrLucyJones/status/603407044700467201), learn to [drop, cover and hold on](https://twitter.com/DrLucyJones/status/603401775425589248), and create a post-disaster family communication strategy, you can be your own [competent, sexy hero,](https://twitter.com/DrLucyJones/status/603415656248119296) and, hopefully, you won’t need The Rock to save you from an earthquake. \[H/T [LAist](http://laist.com/2015/05/26/dr%5Flucy%5Fearthquake%5Flady%5Fjones%5Fhas%5Fa.php)\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3897947/san-andreas-review-earthquake-expert/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3897947/san-andreas-review-earthquake-expert/"},"headline":"San Andreas Was Reviewed By An Earthquake Expert","datePublished":"2015-05-27T16:47:14.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:20:22.315Z","description":"She reported some factual inaccuracies","url":"https://time.com/3897947/san-andreas-review-earthquake-expert/","keywords":["Newsfeed","movies","Science topic","earthquakes","the rock"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt79efc27100505efb/698851d135ba6f5a99c0d737/screen-shot-2015-05-27-at-17-24-03.png?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Melissa Locker","jobTitle":"","url":"https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt79efc27100505efb/698851d135ba6f5a99c0d737/screen-shot-2015-05-27-at-17-24-03.png?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Screen Shot 2of Dwayne \"The Rock\" Johnson in \"San Andreas\"","caption":"Screen Shot 2of Dwayne \"The Rock\" Johnson in \"San Andreas\"","creditText":"\"San Andreas\" trailer","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3897947/san-andreas-review-earthquake-expert/","name":"San Andreas Was Reviewed By An Earthquake Expert"}}]}] ```