
180 minutes
11/11/1990
After a series of small tremors in Los Angeles, Dr. Clare Winslow, a local seismologist, pinpoints the exact location and time of when the long awaited earthquake--"The Big One"--will strike southern California. With this information, she must battle city officials to release this information to the general public. Also, she hopes that her family is out of harms way when the quake strikes. Subplots show how other families and people cope with the the tremors that strike before the impending "Big One."

Joanna Kerns
as Dr. Clare Winslow

Dan Lauria
as Steve Winslow

Bonnie Bartlett
as Anita Parker

Lindsay Frost
as Laurie Parker

Alan Autry
as Matt

Joe Spano
as Chad Spaulding

Holly Fields
as Heather Winslow

Brock Peters
as David Motubu

Stephen Elliott
as Owen

Robert Ginty
as Warren Cates

Clarence Gilyard Jr.
as Roy Bryant

Silvana Gallardo
as Sonia

Michael T. Weiss
as Larry, the Mayor's City Official Aide

Charles Siebert
as Mayor Frank Baldwin

Richard Herd
as Ray Goodrich

J. Kenneth Campbell
as Todd Harris

Richard Masur
as Kevin Conrad

Ed Begley Jr.
as Jerry Soloway

Richard Anthony Crenna
as Dan Milford

Kasi Lemmons
as Melanie Bryant

Allan Wasserman
as Barry Jacobs

Ross Kettle
as Dirk van Weelden

Eloy Casados
as Ektor

Jacob Vargas
as Miguel
Mort Sertner
as Sam Lombardi

Felecia M. Bell
as Matubu's Secretary
Matt Roe
as Hal Kellogg

Josh Cruze
as Neighbor