Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea ~ "Upheaval"
by Dash O'Pepper

Author's Notes: Based on the pilot episode "Eleven Days to Zero" (#1.01) written by Irwin Allen.
• This is my attempt to fill in what I feel were missing and/or underdeveloped scenes within that episode. Where necessary, original dialogue has been included, and a few liberties were taken with canon, which I hope won't detract from the reader's enjoyment.
• This work is set around the timeline for the TV series (the 1980s).
• As with most science fiction series, technology is more advanced than the same time period in our own universe.
• The author would like to thank her readers for their most kind and gracious reviews. I am humbled and in awe at the reception this story received.
• This story may also be found on AO3.

Prologue:

To: United States Geological Survey National Earthquake Center
From: Dr. Claude Selby; Dr. Fred Wilson
USC–Berkley
Date: 11 April 1964
Re: Prince William Sound, Alaska

Gentlemen, in reviewing data collected during routine seismic examination of Pacific Ridge/San Andreas fault for 26 March 1964, isoseismic changes in the area reflected severe tectonic pressure build-up along Pacific coast region.

Extrapolating data from these variations along the outer ridge (height of 0.35 cm at study zone), and using current available technologies, including sonar, Doppler and satellite mapping via Telstar, it becomes apparent that these geological upheavals may have had a direct impact on the Prince William Sound, Alaska, earthquake and tsunami.

Recommendation to committee to provide for further study in the plotting of all geographic fault lines with primary research facilities located along the Pacific and Atlantic coastal ridges, specifically using Doppler and satellite, under the auspices of the USGSNEC and International Council of Scientific Unions, for all member countries of ICSU.

If the Earth is "telegraphing" geo-upheaval as clearly as we believe it is, we may have had as much as a two-day warning of the devastation at PWS. With further study, and advancements in technology, we strongly feel that within the next decade we could achieve as much as a seven-day notice of all isoseismic disturbances.