Here in the South-East, the same thing happens with hurricanes every time there are a handful of consecutive years with no major storm. Then a large one hits an

Here in the South-East, the same thing happens with hurricanes every time there are a handful of consecutive years with no major storm. Then a large one hits and everyone gets surprised. If this happens with hurricanes, I can only imagine how the perception of saftety/danger gets skewed with earthquakes—which occur way less frequently than hurricanes.