People often assume the 1989 earthquake was particularly dangerous. While it caused quite a bit of property damage (about $6 billion according to Wikipedia), th

People often assume the 1989 earthquake was particularly dangerous. While it caused quite a bit of property damage (about $6 billion according to Wikipedia), there were only 63 deaths and 3,757 injuries. The previous major earthquake in the region was in 1906, and there haven't been any since 1989. Given that, it is extremely unlikely to die or be injured by earthquakes in the Bay Area. On a list of most likely ways to die, it would be near the bottom. edit: I should mention I lived in the Bay Area in 1989 and experienced it first hand. I still live here and of all the reasons I might move, earthquakes isnt even on the list.