Here’s How General Hospital’s Kate Mansi And Chad Duell Survived The Earthquake

Life can sometimes imitate art as it did recently. While there have been only two earthquakes ever on General Hospital, a real-life one struck during taping. Chad Duell had a great strategy during the incident, but Kate Mansi was there to hilariously correct him.

Duell’s Heart Was in The Right Place

ABC7 reported on August 12 that a 4.4-magnitude earthquake struck Los Angeles County in California at 12:20 p.m. It startled people and pets everywhere, and although there was no major damage, a water pipe burst in the Pasadena City Hall, forcing an evacuation of nearly 200 people. The earthquake was felt even by the cast and crew of GH, who were in the middle of shooting a scene when it struck.

Mansi (Kristina) later tweeted on X, formerly Twitter, “Abt that earthquake…I was in the middle of a scene [with] Chad (Michael) who sweetly tried to bring us under a doorway until I reminded him…It was a set doorway. Where ALL the lights were 🤦🏻‍♀️.” Her face-palm emoji spoke volumes as they found the humor after the quake in which no one was hurt.

One fan suggested they use the video of the on-set earthquake on the show, and Mansi chimed in with the response, “Ugh I said they should’ve had that for bloopers!!!”

Duell Defended His Actions

The conversation was funny as one fan responded, “Awe…Chad’s like the rest of us GH fans…thinking Port Charles (and its doorways) is real life!” Duell chimed in, writing, “Actually I was leading her to a spot on set that had no lights above it…not under the doorway…But yeah [it] was a crazy few seconds,” with Mansi replying, “Suuuuure 😉.”

In the reality of GH, an earthquake happened in Port Charles in 1991, which was a great excuse to build all new sets. The last earthquake happened in 2018 because of fracking going on below the city by the nefarious Jim, played by BJ and the Bear alum Greg Evigan, who first appeared in January that year.

Many fans wondered what the point was of having an earthquake in a city that’s in upstate New York. Still, it’s not only a great way to literally and figuratively shake things up for the characters, but there’s also the Ramapo Fault in the real world, which spans Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and New York, so a quake there is not unprecedented.

We’re just glad everyone was safe!