More are killed in the U.S. by tornadoes, storms and hurricanes than in earthquakes.
It ain’t the earthquake, it is the aftermath and what happens when food and water run out.
“More are killed in the U.S. by tornadoes, storms and hurricanes than in earthquakes.”
Which year?
Definitely not 1906 or 1811. Those years, the earthquake deaths were hundreds of times greater than the tornado deaths.
The thing with a killer earthquake is that it does not happen for decades or centuries, but — when it does — it catches up with the death count.
It is like a killer asteroid impact. I does not happen, but its risk to your life is greater than the sharks. When asteroid hits, it will wipe out 4 billion people. So, it can happen every 60 million years and still be more risky.
That will change in the year the big one hits, especially the Cascadia Fault
On a yearly basis, there is no doubt you’re correct. However the potential for massive loss of life that tsunamis, earthquakes, landslides, and volcanoes is much worse in an incident to incident basis. Mount Shasta or Mount Ranier in particular, could cost in the hundreds of thousands of lives.