[Vendome]

Yeah, I’m pretty sure most places are fine to about 4.5.

If 1811 repeats and 8.0 ensues that’s different for everyone even here in CA and I live 7 miles off San andreas

Still, I’m midwest on sedimentary it would way worse than here.

like shifting sand as opposed shaking granite.

I shudder and my mom llives in Tulsa

[ShadowAce]

A quake at New Madrid acts differently than any in CA. The land is much harder, and less pliable. As a result, it takes much less of an earthquake to produce damage than it does in CA, given the same building codes.

That is why a New Madrid quake was felt in Boston, while the 1989 CA quake didn't come close to the area affected.

That being said, you are correct--a 3.0 is pretty small.