would you move

No i will not move. Because every waring don't come true and it's not very easy to move from one place to another place. So i don't prefer to move. But i will keep all my important thins to in safe place or near with me then if anything happen i can carry them or where i do keep that i can use. Have a good time!

it's nature's and we could not prevent it from coming. but i also don't think i will move. unless the government will provide the relocation and the move of jobs too.

Hi Pat Yes I think I would move to be honest as it would scare me and I would want my Family and me to be safe

Yes I would move in a heartbeat! In fact, right now with everything that has happened in Japan I would be packing my bags this very moment. I do not like to mess with Mother Nature! I believe that there are too many natural disasters going on right now to take chances in places where science has proven the way of life is at risk.

If I was ever in one..I probably would get out of there. I have never been. My grandmother lived in California for years and was in a few...she never moved though. I suppose it would depend on how established I was and what my choices were.

I think it's a bit past my imaganiation really :-) We only get storms here (mid-Norway), and they're usually not very impressive as they loose most of their power coming up the fjord. No floods, the river comes from a huge lake so it regulates itself. The river on the other side of the city hill suffer from floods, which is probably why the city is here. No earthquake, nearest fault-line is Iceland. No active volcanos. And we usually cope with snow :-) The last thing that happened here was a tsunami many 1000 years ago when there was a big underwater earth avalanche just out from the coast. A bit further inland they have storms that move houses around, and some of the other rivers in Norway flood regularly. Further up the fjord there's quite a few earth and mud slides, but here, nothing. So as of yet it seems the Vikings knew what they were doing when they started building here. Since I'm not used to anything but storms and ice when it comes to mother earth playing rough, I'd be very careful with moving somewhere with earthquakes etc. Or volcanos. Although I love Iceland :-)

Yes, nobody can predict what natural calamity will strike which part of the world and when…we can only stay prepared but relocation is just not an option. So like you, if I too lived in a quake prone area or hurricane prone areas, I would take any precautions or be on alert but certainly not leave my home and more somewhere else.

any type of natural disaster could happen anywhere actually i think. i dont live near an ocean, but live near the middle of canada (right around lake ontario) and you know what? last year, we had an earthquake! it was minor but who knows what the future will hold?

Hi. savypat. Yes, I would move. I may not want to, but I will. It is just too many earthquake disasters that are taking place. I don't want to get caught up in any of them at all. My cousin now lives in Japan. They were not affected by the earthquake, but they felt the after effects of it though. So they said they are planning on leaving from Japan during the summer time. They had plans to do so before the earthquake erupted. They will be moving to the states. My cousin said that she was thinking about moving to Florida or Georgia. But she still has not decided yet. If I was living near a borderline area, I would move too. Too many people have lost their lives due to the massive attack of the earthquake, I just would not place myself in the midst of this if I could help it.

Yes my family will moved if the environment is not safe. It happens to 3 times we have moved our house because of the environment and this 4th time is also the same. I hope this is the last time because I am sick of packing things, I am old already 30 so lose of energy.

First priorty is to save live all other thing are on next step. If I will face this situation in my life I will live the my city. But thanks God I am living is the area where I will face it. Good luck

If my home is located inside the 5-meter radius of the fault line, then I would certainly leave my home for the sake of protecting my family. A job and a house can always be replaced, but my family can never be replaced.

This is a great question. I have recently contemplated moving to a beach town, here in California. Just for a change, but after the whole disaster with all the flooding caused by the earth quake, I can honestly say that I am really reconsidering my move.

I actually just moved to Oceanside CA from Queens NY. I like it here in the west coast. Even with the possibility of earthquakes, I don`t think I`d move. It`d have to be a family decision. Whatever they choose, I`d choose. My prayers go out to the victims in japan.

As long as I was away from the ocean, I probably would not move. Every state of the union has had earthquakes to one degree or another. You cannot outrun them. Just make sure things are stable within your house. Pat, I could not feature you moving and leaving everything you have since you are not on the coast. I think I would be very careful about building on any coast, personally.

I guess it would depend how close I lived to the fault line. I'm on the east coast so I don't really have to worry too much about earthquakes here. (Atleast I hope not) I think if I lived close to the coast I would consider moving. I always remember hearing rumor/jokes/stories about one day a massive earthquake breaking california away from the united states. I don't think that would ever happen but I do think a big earthquake is coming for that area. I have a cousin that lives about 20 miles from the coast in California. I hope that she will be safe or not longer living there by the time something like that happens there. I would hate to give up my job and move my kids to a different school, but their well being means more to me.

After the last few weeks I do not think I would ever move near to an earthquake prone area, one friend hurt in Christchurch and two very scared friends of my eldest daughter in Tokyo when that hit but if I was living in an area already that was prone unless finances allowed you would have to stick it out and prepare the best you can. Both these countries hit recently were used to earthquakes but not on this level. My thoughts and prayers are with all the people affected by these disasters. huggles. Ellie :D

I don't think a lot of people would have a choice to move with the economy the way it is. All they can do is prepare. It's too bad we can't predict quakes any more than 15 seconds or so beforehand.

I moved, but not because of quakes. I'm glad I'm farther away from the fault though.

hi Pat, the Philippines also sits on that pacific ring of fire where Japan belongs, nowhere to move and no where to go in my country, guess when it's time it's time, what I mean is if there is an earthquake that no one can predict anyway. Now if there is a warning such as a tsunami or a volcanic explosion, then I would not have second thoughts of moving, perhaps places near shores lines should also be avoided. When it's time to move then that is where resiliency and ability to adopt in situations should come in.