Severe earthquakes are not unknown in the East. Charleston SC was heavily damaged by one somewhere around 1880. One of the strongest ones ever recorded struck Arkansas about 1820. It would have been observed by a very few early settlers and some Chickasaw or Choctaw (?).

>AFAIK, there are no earthquakes on the east coast, so there's no need for such requirements. Earthquakes don't hit randomly in space. Only randomly in time.
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>>I keep hearing the same thing about earthquakes too. Supposidly, even though there are strict requirements for new buildings in Ca. because of earthquakes, there are big faults on the east coast and midwest also. There are no earthquake safety requirements there. IF an earthquake of any magnitude does hit there, the damage will be substantial.
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>>>We've got a salesman at the outdoor retailer's show, he said there were about a 100 injurys and 4-5 deaths among the sales people at the show. Tornados are fairly common here in MN, I didn't realize that not every state has as sophisticated warning systems like we do.