I'm certain they do. Floods kill more still. But a large earthquake has the potential to kill more Americans in a single event than have been killed by tornadoes in the history of the world.
But a large earthquake has the potential to kill more Americans in a single event than have been killed by tornadoes in the history of the world. Again, I'm not talking about the world. I'm talking about the U.S.
Many times more people have been killed in the U.S. by Hurricanes, and tornadoes than earthquakes.
This isn't even debatable.
Feel free to look it up, it only takes a minute.