You California wussies. We get quakes around here all the time and you don't here us going on about it
In fact just had one yesterday. Bet you didn't read about it in your newspaper. I live about 150 miles from the epicenter of the worst earthquake in U.S. history and I bet none of you CA guys even know about it! From the history books:
"In December of 1811, a the largest earthquake ever recorded in American History started. This earthquake, called the New Madrid Earthquake because of its primary location on the New Madrid Fault, near New Madrid, Missouri. From the effects of the 1811-1812 earthquakes, it can be estimated that they had a magnitude of 8.0 or higher on the not yet invented Richter scale. Large areas sank into the earth, new lakes were formed, and the Mississippi River changed its course due to the earthquakes."