> So San Francisco will certainly do much better than Turkey or Haiti, but I don't think it will resist as well as Tokyo. I've lived in both SF and Tokyo, and

> So San Francisco will certainly do much better than Turkey or Haiti, but I don't think it will resist as well as Tokyo. I've lived in both SF and Tokyo, and agree with this statement. Put simply, seismic danger is a Much Bigger Deal(tm) in the latter. It's on everyone's mind, and it's reflected in just about any and every building you enter. I don't have hard data to support my case, but at least in terms of noticeable seismic activity there really is no comparison. I probably experienced more tremors during any given month in Tokyo than I did during a full year in SF.