Anonymous

Cali does have big ones to... Japan just happens to be ISLANDS made by them so they get more more often then California does.

Anonymous

California does have big ones. The one in San Fran in the early 1900s was pretty big, and the 6.7 one at Northridge in 1994 was pretty big too. There was also a 1989 centered in the Santa Cruz Mountains, magnitude 6.9.

Anonymous

Oh, I guess the 1996 Northridge, the 1989 Loma Prieta quake that was broadcast on live TV, the 1971 San Fernando or the 1906 San Francisco Earthquakes (just to name a handful of don't count?

Anonymous

Of course California has big earthquakes. Both Japan and California are along the major fault lines that surround the Pacific (the Ring of Fire).

Anonymous

Your parents must be so proud of you.

Anonymous

It is stochastically lucky for Californian peoples for several years. There would be many chances for them to encounter big earthquakes.

Anonymous

If you check out your geography you'll see that San Francisco is in California and has the San Andreas Fault that causes earthquakes.

Anonymous

Japan is on a subduction zone, California is a a transform