Very tall buildings can actually be safer than shorter buildings, because they are all made of steel, and can have a lot of anti earthquake support built in. A

Very tall buildings can actually be safer than shorter buildings, because they are all made of steel, and can have a lot of anti earthquake support built in. Also as a short proof, Japan and Taiwan are also directly on top of a fault line. Taipei and Tokyo have some of the tallest buildings in the world. The tech is there.