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  • The quake hits and the Quake House starts to fall apart.
  • Reconstruction: Jo Griffith-Jones and her husband.
  • Rick Santos, survivor of the Haiti earthquake of 2010.
  • The Presidential Palace in Haiti, badly damaged after the 2010 quake.
  • Ben and Reggie after the quake.
  • Professor Reggie Desroches, Earthquake expert.
  • Jo Griffith-Jones, survivor of the earthquake which hits the Italian medieval city of L'Aquila in April 2009.
  • Destroying the Forecast Disaster house in a man-made quake.
  • Inside the Quake House after the quake.
  • Quake expert Reggie Desroches and host Ben Fogle.
  • The 'residents' of the Quake house.
  • Reggie and Ben outside the Quake house before the Quake.
  • Destroying the Forecast Disaster house in a man-made quake.
  • The 'residents' of the Quake house before the quake.
  • Ben Fogle and our Quake expert Reggie Desroches, a leading authority on how buildings react in earthquakes, inside the Storm City Quake house.
  • Ben inside the Quake house.
  • Host Ben Fogle explains how over the centuries, tremendous pressure builds up at these plates.
  • Host Ben Fogle explains that where two plates meet is known as fault lines.
  • Host Ben Fogle explains how as those two plates grind against one another along the fault line, they occasionally snag. Stresses build up between the two plate, until they slip - and cause earthquakes.
  • Host Ben Fogle explains how the earths surface is made up of tectonic plates that fit together like a jigsaw puzzle. Theyre constantly moving.
  • Ben at the test facility ACE, testing vibration frequencies and the effect they have on different building types.
  • Reconstruction: Rick Santos' rescue.

  • Falling Down

    Photograph by Pioneer Productions

    The quake hits and the Quake House starts to fall apart.

  • Trapped After an Earthquake

    Photograph by Pioneer Productions/David Barlow

    Reconstruction: Jo Griffith-Jones and her husband.

  • Haiti Earthquake Survivor

    Photograph by Pioneer Productions/Jeremy Benning

    Rick Santos, survivor of the Haiti earthquake of 2010.

  • Damaged Palace

    Photograph by Pioneer Productions/Jordy Klein

    The Presidential Palace in Haiti, badly damaged after the 2010 quake.

  • Assessing the Damage

    Photograph by Pioneer Productions

    Ben and Reggie after the quake.

  • Reggie Desroches

    Photograph by Pioneer Productions/Jeremy Benning

    Professor Reggie Desroches, Earthquake expert.

  • Earthquake Survivor

    Photograph by Pioneer Productions/Jeremy Benning

    Jo Griffith-Jones, survivor of the earthquake which hits the Italian medieval city of L'Aquila in April 2009.

  • Disastrous Destruction

    Photograph by Pioneer Productions/Jeremy Benning

    Destroying the Forecast Disaster house in a man-made quake.

  • Shake and Break

    Photograph by Pioneer Productions/Jeremy Benning

    Inside the Quake House after the quake.

  • Learning Outside

    Photograph by Pioneer Productions

    Quake expert Reggie Desroches and host Ben Fogle.

  • Rock and Ready

    Photograph by Pioneer Productions

    The 'residents' of the Quake house.

  • Quake Preparations

    Photograph by Pioneer Productions

    Reggie and Ben outside the Quake house before the Quake.

  • Man-Made Disaster

    Photograph by Pioneer Productions/Jeremy Benning

    Destroying the Forecast Disaster house in a man-made quake.

  • Dummy Demonstration

    Photograph by Pioneer Productions

    The 'residents' of the Quake house before the quake.

  • Quake Reactions

    Photograph by Pioneer Productions

    Ben Fogle and our Quake expert Reggie Desroches, a leading authority on how buildings react in earthquakes, inside the Storm City Quake house.

  • Ready For a Quake

    Photograph by Pioneer Productions

    Ben inside the Quake house.

  • Plate Pressure

    Photograph by Pioneer Productions

    Host Ben Fogle explains how over the centuries, tremendous pressure builds up at these plates.

  • Fault Lines

    Photograph by Pioneer Productions

    Host Ben Fogle explains that where two plates meet is known as fault lines.

  • How Earthquakes Happen

    Photograph by Pioneer Productions

    Host Ben Fogle explains how as those two plates grind against one another along the fault line, they occasionally snag. Stresses build up between the two plate, until they slip - and cause earthquakes.

  • Tectonic Movement

    Photograph by Pioneer Productions

    Host Ben Fogle explains how the earths surface is made up of tectonic plates that fit together like a jigsaw puzzle. Theyre constantly moving.

  • The Function of Frequencies

    Photograph by Pioneer Productions/Jeremy Benning

    Ben at the test facility ACE, testing vibration frequencies and the effect they have on different building types.

  • Reaching For Help

    Photograph by Pioneer Productions/David Barlow

    Reconstruction: Rick Santos' rescue. 

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