I've heard it said that where I live is one of the safest places to live in the US as far as natural disasters go. No tornadoes, Hurricanes rarely make it this far and whether they come off Pacific or Gulf of Mexico they are largely pushed away by the Sierra Madres. The last significant earthquake seems to have been 40 years ago, 200 miles to the North and was a 4.4 and we are 4000 feet above sea level so flooding's not a huge issue.

I believe we have an earthquake nearly everyday here, if not many...

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquak...ta/history.php

3.5 on richter. It'll shake some glasses but that's about it.

I haven't felt any earthquakes here in the netherlands.

Yeah, two tiny earthquakes in the last 150 years, I'm terrified. [surrender]

I'd say on average there are a couple of earthquakes every month where I live in Japan. Though my area is apparently the safest area - and that's why they built a nuclear power plant here [thumbup]
9 times out of 10 though it's always a tiny tremor and usually at night or early morning (and for some reason usually when I'm drunk or hung over).

I'm supposed to have an emergency kit at home and know my nearest evacuation location.
I don't have/know either http://www.discussworldissues.com/fo...es/unsure1.gif

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Earthquakes - thought about your risk?
 

I was checking up on developments on our last big one - a 7.1, 10km deep near one of our bigger cities - $4B in damage - but no loss of life
http://www.geonet.org.nz/earthquake/.../quake-13.html
when I thought of the American situation - seems there are a bunch in Alaska, as well as the West Coast - what prefarations to you guys there take?
Maps are here
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/recenteqsus/
more info
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquak...quakes_all.php
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/recenteqsww/

Oh, this is why New Zealand is sometimes called the "Shaky Isles" - http://www.geonet.org.nz/earthquake/

I don't know how safe exactly but I'm pretty sure that in the north we almost never have any issues with hurricanes, flooding or earthquakes, quite safe I would say.

I remember a few years back when we had one, I think it was up to 3.0 Richter Scale but I slept during the time and didn't heard or feel anything.

Seems you're blessed - http://www.teknat.uu.se/forskning/pr...id=104&lang=en - just got to worry about how high you are above sea level, I guess.

Yeah, you guys will be the last ones with safe homes. But we're quite safe down here either. There is a little earthquake danger from the Vulkaneifel, an area about 150km to the southwest, but those quakes are minor. Other than that we have some problems with floods from the river Elbe and Rhein, but we dont have people dying from them, just financial damage.

Sooo... I think I'm safe. http://www.discussworldissues.com/fo...lies/cool1.gif

Looks like it - even over centuries, it's fairly quiet there -
http://nadine.helmholtz-eos.de/risks..._seism_en.html

I hate earthquakes. When the whole earth shakes it feels like the end is coming.

I lived in California for 17 years and left mostly because of earthquakes.

I would love to experience it once in person. Of course in a safe place, like on a wide meadow where no houses can colapse on me.

But I cant imagine how it is when the WHOLE ground is shaking with everything on it.

Yeah up here in the midwest we just don't get 'em, but probably will if the Yellowstone caldera goes off.

I'd like to experience it just once in the safety of my non-earthquake proof home. http://www.discussworldissues.com/fo...s/biggrin1.gif

Well, there's still the chance of falling into a crack in the ground...
if you ever get to Disneyland, they're supposed to have a ride that's like an earthquake.

Heck, when that goes, earthquakes will be the least of ANY of our worries...

We don't have earthquakes

Are you sure about that?

http://www.expatica.com/nl/news/loca...ake-32117.html