The Great San Francisco Earthquake

Japan Earthquake: A Horizon Special with Iain Stewart | Horizon

Professor Iain Stewart examines the powerful geological forces that unleashed the devastating Japanese earthq...

Aftershock: The Turkey-Syria Earthquake | Panorama

More than 30,000 people are known to have been killed in the earthquake that devastated Turkey and Syria. Panorama asks if...

02: Earthquakes | 10 Things You Didn't Know About...

Iain Stewart reveals the stories and science behind some of the world's most dramatic earthquakes, including how 1960s C...

Disaster on Everest | Panorama

BBC reporter Tom Martienssen shares his footage of Everest taken after the devastating Nepalese earthquake. He reveals a story of an extraordi...

Plate tectonics | Volcano Live

Professor Iain Stewart explains how plate tectonics cause volcanos and earthquakes.

Earthquake prediction | World's Busiest Cities

The vital importance of earthquake prediction in Mexico City.

2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami | Volcano Live

Demonstrations of what happened to cause the earthquake and then tsunami in the Indian Ocean in 2004.

San Francisco Earthquake | Surviving Disaster

On 17 October 1989 a tremor measuring 7.1 on the Richter scale cause major damage to San Francisco.

Earthquake protection | World's Busiest Cities

Dan Snow investigates the devastating impact that earthquakes are having on the city. He visits an organisation that save peop...

Building upwards | World's Busiest Cities

Earthquake protection in Mexico City's building design.

The worst earthquake-triggered landslide in recorded history | Journeys into the Ring of Fire

On Sunday 31 May 1970, an earthquake shook the centre of Peru, which then trigg...

Earthquakes And Seismic Waves | Short Circuit

Bringing chemistry, physics and biology to life using real-life examples, 3D graphics and practical experiments.

Seismic waves | Volcano Live

Demonstration of the two types of seismic wave in an onland earthquake - primary and secondary.

Surviving Haiti | This World

Filmed over the six months after the Haiti earthquake, This World follows four of the few who were rescued from a death beneath the rubble.

The Geology of Japan | Journeys into the Ring of Fire

Iain Stewart explains the geology of the tectonic plates that make up the landscapes of Japan.

Tokyo Earthquake | Q.E.D.

**DISCLAIMER FROM THE BBC** Please note that there are shots of corpses in this programme, and potentially upsetting material contrasting the lives...