The Quake

The Quake is a 2018 Norwegian disaster film directed by John Andreas Andersen. It is the sequel to The Wave and was released in Norwegian theaters on 31 August 2018. Plot In 2016, geologist Kristian Eikjord is hailed a hero for his actions during the tsunami in Geiranger. Three years later, his wife Idun is divorcing him and he is separated from his children, Sondre and Julia. Kristian lives in seclusion high above the mostly-rebuilt Geiranger, while his family moves to Oslo, where Idun works at the Radisson Blu Plaza Hotel. Kristian feels responsible for the 250 fatalities of the tsunami and keeps a secret room in his house dedicated to the events and the fatalities, which causes strain with his family. Kristian learns of the death of fellow geologist Konrad Lindblom in a collapse in the Oslofjord Tunnel, and travels to Oslo with Konrad's research to investigate the circumstances of his death. He meets with Konrad's supervisor, Johannes Løberg, whose organization maintains a seismic activity monitoring system. Johannes reassures Kristian that the seismic activity that Konrad was worried about was merely construction blasting being done across the city and that there is nothing to be concerned about, but Kristian doubts his claims. Kristian visits Konrad's house, where he meets Konrad's daughter Marit and discovers Konrad's research, including core samples and a map that has recorded more serious seismic activity than Johannes claimed. He calls Johannes about this, but Johannes mostly ignores him. Kristian visits Idun, meets with Sondre and his new girlfriend, and is invited to Julia's ballet recital. As Kristian and Idun discuss their separation, the power goes out for the second time that week. The next day, Kristian finds more concerning research in Konrad's house, and convinces Marit to take him to the Oslofjord Tunnel, where he discovers a core sample Konrad was attempting to recover shortly before his death. While traveling back to Oslo, Kristian accidentally snaps the core sample, and realizes that the earth underneath Oslo is unusually weak. Suddenly, a seismic rift destroys the Oslo Opera House where Julia is doing her recital; Idun safely gets Julia out of the building. When Johannes and his team arrive to inspect the damage, Kristian confronts him, but Johannes claims the collapse occurred due to the opera house's deteriorating support beams.