Perhaps, but I have to say the view of San Francisco from Alcatraz makes it look like one good shake could send the whole thing tumbling into the bay. I'm not

Perhaps, but I have to say the view of San Francisco from Alcatraz makes it look like one good shake could send the whole thing tumbling into the bay. I'm not a seismologist, but the city really doesn't look like it should be built the way it is in an area prone to earthquakes.