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
Dan Lauria
Bonnie Bartlett
Lindsay Frost
Alan Autry
Joe Spano
Holly Fields
Brock Peters
Stephen Elliott
Robert Ginty
Clarence Gilyard Jr.
Silvana Gallardo
Michael T. Weiss
Charles Siebert
Richard Herd
J. Kenneth Campbell
Richard Masur
Ed Begley Jr.
Richard Anthony Crenna
Kasi Lemmons
Allan Wasserman
Ross Kettle
Eloy Casados
Jacob Vargas
Mort Sertner
Felecia M. Bell
Matt Roe