# earthquakes

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/earthquakes/51865>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [January 26, 2001, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/earthquakes/51865 "2001-01-26T15:22:33Z")\
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**Author:** ![vanilla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/f19dbf/32.png) [@vanilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vanilla)\
**Post date:** [January 26, 2001, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/earthquakes/51865/1 "2001-01-26T15:22:33Z")

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We just had one here in Ohio last night.  
It was a 4.2 and about 20 miles eastof me.  
How likely are certaina reas to have earthquakes?  
I thought California was the biggie, in that regard.  
Are there some places that would probably never have them because of geography and plates?

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**Author:** ![Doctor\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doctor_jackson/32/32_2.png) [@Doctor\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doctor_Jackson)\
**Post date:** [January 26, 2001, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/earthquakes/51865/2 "2001-01-26T16:35:13Z")

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Here’s a link to a seismic zone map of the United States. The zones are numbered 0-4, with zone 0 being the least likely to experience an earthquake:

[http://www.disastercenter.com/build/seismic.htm](http://www.disastercenter.com/build/seismic.htm)

The disaster center site has a ton of other earthquake information as well.

Here’s another map of the continental US from the US Geological Survey:

[http://www.usgs.gov/themes/map1.html](http://www.usgs.gov/themes/map1.html)