SAN FRANCISCO, California (The Adobo Chronicles) – It was supposed to happen at 4 p.m. Pacific time on Thursday, May 28: an 8.8 magnitude earthquake in California, brought about by the alignment of the planets. The prediction came from Dutch Frank Hoogerbeets, the same man who predicted the recent devastating quake in Nepal.

By 3:59 p.m, many Californians had ducked under tables, filed into the streets and had abandoned high-rise office buildings and condominiums. Both the Golden Gate Bridge and Bay Bridge in San Francisco were surprisingly empty, but churches of all denominations were standing room only.

Then 4 p.m. came and went, but the earth was still.

Apparently, Hoogerbeets got it wrong. It was going to be a 9.0 magnitude shaker, and it would happen a day after – Friday, May 29 at 1000 Van Ness and other California movie theaters near you — right where the San Andreas fault runs through.

(Disclosure: The Adobo Chronicles did not receive any fee for promoting the movie ‘San Andreas,’ starring Wayne Johnson, in this news story.)