Hidden hundreds of miles beneath the state of California, a group of scientists and engineers, hired by the military, work on a machine intended to create controlled earthquakes. Under the instructions of Mr.Teufel two men start the machine which causes a massive earthquake that leads in to a series of natural disasters that devastate the world. Most are wounded or dead within minutes of the first earthquake, but some are too stubborn to die. Follow Laura, an unprepared civilian trying to survive the aftermath of the largest disaster after mankind.