OK, I think I know what happened here. I was trying to say, "hey, earthquakes aren't great, but it's not like they happen every year (multiple times a year even

OK, I think I know what happened here. I was trying to say, "hey, earthquakes aren't great, but it's not like they happen every year (multiple times a year even!), unlike wildfires." Then it seemed like I was cherry picking lists and not using a wide enough window. I understand that; definitely not trying to do that. Great, let's continue. I feel like everything you've brought up has to be factored into the USGS seismic risk map. But in case it's not, I searched the USGS earthquake database. Of the 1425 >= 5.0 earthquakes in the coterminous US since 1700, 12 of them occurred in the NMSZ (only 7 of which were >= 6.0). In the same amount of time, hundreds occurred in California (the USGS search is rectangular and I can't be arsed to separate out Nevada). There simply is no equivalence. If earthquakes are really a concern, definitely don't live in California! And if wildfires are a concern, also definitely don't live in California! California/Nevada earthquakes: https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/map/?extent=28.32372,-135.52734&extent=45.58329,-103.00781&range=search&timeZone=utc&search=%7B%22name%22:%22Search%20Results%22,%22params%22:%7B%22starttime%22:%221700-01-01%2000:00:00%22,%22endtime%22:%222025-01-10%2023:59:59%22,%22maxlatitude%22:41.968,%22minlatitude%22:32.621,%22maxlongitude%22:-114.038,%22minlongitude%22:-124.497,%22minmagnitude%22:5,%22orderby%22:%22time%22%7D%7D https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/map/?extent=28.32372... NMSZ earthquakes: https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/map/?extent=28.26568,-106.3916&extent=45.53714,-73.87207&range=search&timeZone=utc&search=%7B%22name%22:%22Search%20Results%22,%22params%22:%7B%22starttime%22:%221700-01-01%2000:00:00%22,%22endtime%22:%222025-01-10%2023:59:59%22,%22maxlatitude%22:39.876,%22minlatitude%22:34.814,%22maxlongitude%22:-88.242,%22minlongitude%22:-92.021,%22minmagnitude%22:5,%22orderby%22:%22time%22%7D%7D https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/map/?extent=28.26568...