A freelance Endicott, NY writer/photographer, Barnes-Svarney says the concept for the book started with about 500 scientists — a group of geophysicists who crunched a bunch of data and developed a global seismic hazard map. When the Earth Moves is an account of everything you wanted to know about the fault line that runs through Manhattan's Upper West Side, tsunamis, and sea volcanoes — and how to prepare yourself for the earthquake that just might be waiting in your own backyard.