Good grief! That earthquake in Alaska...

[SheilaT]

4. We live on a seismically active planet.

The initial earthquake, if I read it correctly was a 4.7, not all that strong so far as earthquakes go. There are thousands of earthquakes of that magnitude every year, hundreds of thousands in the range of the aftershocks.

We haven't had a major earthquake in this country since the 1994 Northridge quake, at least in terms of property damage or fatalities. Someday there will be another big one in or near a populated area. It's just part of what living on this planet is all about, like hurricanes, tornadoes, and blizzards.