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Originally Posted by blueerica
Yes and no, I think. I'm no expert on seismology, but it seems to be more dependent upon it being an active faultline. Anywhere could have an earthquake, but the likelihood of one happening is what's at qquestion. The mountains were created bajillionties of years ago, and have probably shifted along the plates as a part of it - that's part of a guess on my part. While there are small earthquakes here and there from what I can tell, most are really minuscule compared to what we are used to in SoCal.
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True on average but it can happen. The strongest earthquake in mainland US history happend in
New Madrid, Missouri far from the west coast.