# Earthquake (1974)

> A sprawling 1970s disaster thriller turns Los Angeles into a collapsing maze of fires, floods, fractured relationships, and desperate rescues.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/movie/6147

## Facts

- Runtime: 123 min
- Genres: Action, Drama, Thriller
- Director: Mark Robson
- Cast: Charlton Heston, Ava Gardner, George Kennedy, Lorne Greene, Geneviève Bujold, Richard Roundtree, Marjoe Gortner, Barry Sullivan
- TMDB rating: 6.2/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0071455/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: brisk
- Intensity: strong
- Complexity: accessible
- Violence: moderate
- Mood: catastrophic, tense, melodramatic, classic disaster movie night, 1970s film marathon

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- [Daylight (1996)](https://ember.film/movie/6243)
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- [The China Syndrome (1979)](https://ember.film/movie/819)
- [San Andreas (2015)](https://ember.film/movie/144957)
- [Beyond the Poseidon Adventure (1979)](https://ember.film/movie/19822)
- [Rollercoaster (1977)](https://ember.film/movie/5736)
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- [The Concorde... Airport '79 (1979)](https://ember.film/movie/18363)

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