Doomsday Earth (National Geographic)

Catastrophe is sadly never far from the news headlines, with the 2011 Japan tsunami and the Chilean earthquake of 2010 continuing to loom large in the memories of millions. Doomsday Earth is a documentary examining the likelihood of the planet being struck by both a mega-tsunami and a mega-quake. Experts find that it seems a giant fault line beneath the sea is readying itself for a violent explosion of activity, and the race is on to calculate when rather than if, this ‘megathrust’ will do its worst.

Episode 1 - Mega-tsunami

Episode 2 - Mega-quake

How the 2011 Japan Tsunami Happened

On Friday 11 March 2011, an earthquake measuring 9.0 on the Richter scale triggered a tsunami that devastated parts of coastal Japan. Japan's Tsunami: How It Happened investigates the science behind the earthquake and tsunami. This film follows Professor of Geological Sciences Roger Bilham - who arrived in Japan days after the earthquake.