Correct. We are due for a 7.2 EQ every 2,500 years.

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Apr 28, 2015
9:36:49am

kccougar

Correct. We are due for a 7.2 EQ every 2,500 years.

That's a 2 percent probability of occurrence over a 50-year span.

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Time

Any of you in Utah have earthquake insurance?

PharmD

4/28/15 9:28am

We added it a few years ago.

El Jefe

4/28/15 9:29am

same here but excluded masonry to make it affordable. I figured if the Church

Bluforever

4/28/15 9:33am

I had a lecturer at BYU

mogelijk

4/28/15 9:44am

I am never moving to Missouri.

WJCougar

4/28/15 4:27pm

Just included it on my house in Charleston, SC

Reedme

4/28/15 10:33am

Wow. Does anyone know why there is a huge spot on the Mississippi?

thecelloguy

4/28/15 12:01pm

It's called the New Madrid fault.

kccougar

4/28/15 12:45pm

Not worth it

kccougar

4/28/15 9:31am

I guess I'm an idiot, then.

El Jefe

4/28/15 9:32am

Confirmed.

kccougar

4/28/15 9:33am

El Jefe, I would like to report a personal attack

CougarBacker

4/28/15 9:37am

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trjohnson007

4/28/15 11:29am

When the big one hits just grab your backpack and head down I-70 for Missouri

Alcova

4/28/15 9:40am

I have for piece of mind but it's questionable

coolcats

4/28/15 9:32am

Utah seems due for a big one

RC Vikings

4/28/15 9:34am

Correct. We are due for a 7.2 EQ every 2,500 years.

kccougar

4/28/15 9:36am

Yeah and TNT has a 2% chance with a date with Miss Utah

TNT

4/28/15 9:47am

I think you need to recalculate what 1 in a million really means

tony

4/28/15 1:36pm

Do you have a source for that?

BigEasyCougar

4/28/15 4:00pm

Not necessarily cyclic

kccougar

4/28/15 4:11pm

Thanks. Other questions if you don't mind...

BigEasyCougar

4/28/15 4:29pm

Yes, there are hazard maps that identify areas

kccougar

4/28/15 4:36pm

Yep, they have said this for decades.....I guess it will happen....some day.

WJCougar

4/28/15 9:37am

If one hits just let the govt send you the money to replace and then you can

Real G Man

4/28/15 9:37am

I think I had it when I lived in Utah...now wondering if I need flood insurance.

4/28/15 9:40am

I have a GoFundMe queued up ready to go - so I'm 130% covered.

zonacougar

4/28/15 9:42am

Stretch Goal! now my house is finished, help me buy a BMW for my garage!

Bert609

4/28/15 11:37am

How much does it cost for like a 300k home?

Baron

4/28/15 9:42am

That's what my home is and the quote I am looking at is $300/year.

PharmD

4/28/15 9:45am

That's better than I thought it would be.

Baron

4/28/15 9:46am

Me too.

PharmD

4/28/15 9:54am

With my wife's father being a geologist, I didn't have much choice

Copelius

4/28/15 9:44am

Have always carried this.

AtomicHamster

4/28/15 10:03am

I do. It costs me a few hundred bucks each year to insure me against

4/28/15 10:14am

My house was built of bricks in 1958, it will crumble like a Nepal temple

4/28/15 10:27am

Mine too - built in 1966.

PharmD

4/28/15 10:31am

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