Been here for 57 years. I will stay put, thanks. Compare earthquake stats with those of tornadoes and hurricanes! They're unnerving when they happen, but the biggies are few and far between. Unlike tornadoes and hurricanes.

No...not at all...I have family down there that have had no problems whatsoever with any natural disaster and their town is a great town (Folsom) so I would have no hesitation moving there at all. :)

Yes
sorry but yes!

I am lucky to live in a geologically stable area ( we have our disasters but not earthquakes )

and the thought of the earth moving ( except in a good way ;-)
is so unnerving I think I would chicken out
and not move there....

The state is even preparing for The Big One!
http://www.mercurynews.com/peninsula/ci_13582664?nclick_check=1

Just call me chicken :)

I grew up in north Texas and know what to do when tornadoes and high winds come tearing through. I HATE high winds!!!!!! But I lived in Tornado Alley for about 17 years of my life and the rest of the time I lived just East of the Alley and still had yearly tornadoes to dodge and even one straight-line wind disaster that was worse than most tornadoes.

2 months ago, I moved to southern California! So far I LOVE it! I live just 2-3 miles from the coast and I think I've only felt one small rumble. (I looked for information or stories on what it could've been, but if it was a quake, it wasn't worth reporting on here in California, that's for sure! I did find one resource for geological monitoring that said there had been a very small quake that day just north of where I live.) I knew nothing of how to prepare for the unexpected event of an earthquake or what to do when you start feeling one...I was kinda scared after feeling that little bitty one. I looked it up and made a few mental notes.

At least with tornadoes, you can prepare yourself if you know what to look for and you know how to monitor the clouds and very few tornadoes are devastating. But with earthquakes there's no way to give any advance warning or look for it so you know what's coming. So, I'm still terrified, but I'm still here at least for now anyway!

To answer your question, though, no. My fear (and everyone else's) didn't stop me from moving here!

Certainly not... only crime rate and violence could keep me from this!

Nah. I think pretty much anywhere you go in the world there's a significant risk for some kind of natural disaster of one ilk or another. In my area, it's tornadoes. And I rank my fear of tornado destruction about the same (or greater) as I'd fear earthquakes. I think I'd even fear wildfires more.

I think the only place in the U.S. I wouldn't move for natural disaster reasons would be Florida.

Seriously, the place was built on a hurricane-plagued swamp. And no matter how many times Mother Nature knocks down that house of cards, we keep rebuilding on that same spot (and channeling millions of dollars in funds in the process). To me, most of Florida is a "no-build zone".

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No, I already live there. If you live in fear of natural disasters possibly happening, you really are not safe anywhere in the world. Every place has its own kind of natural disaster and they are all capable of being massively destructive.

You take the safety precautions necessary for the kind of natural disasters your area is prone to. In California it is a good idea to keep earthquake preparedness supplies in an easily accessible place. That way you are more prepared in case an earthquake strikes that is strong enough to cause major damage in your area of California.

You can live in fear or you can live prepared.