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[quote=Anonymous]Simple.  Having only those two options. Hurricanes.  Here is why:

You have much greater chance of survival in Hurricane country.
Hurricanes come with early warnings.
You can have a home with rooms designed to be hurricane safe, even just having a basement makes it almost guaranteed for you to survive.
You can follow the alerts and act in a timely manner. Or at least there is some chance.
Much greater survival rate as a victim since the hurricane passes and does not come back, making rescue efforts much more effective.
Floods can happen but that is another question, you did not ask for hurricane in a flood area. So I am  thinking dry land.

Earthquakes often take you completly by surprise. 
Earthquakes affect much greater areas .. usually. 
No matter where you are you are not safe, home, work, road, a random place.
Aftershocks can make recovery efforts very difficult and they diminish survival of the victims.
Hurricanes do not have afterhuricanes within hours or a day or so.
There are often fires and explosions following earthquakes because the underground infrastructure can
experience cracks and cause lots of leaks. 
The devastation of the earthquake is usually greater then a hurricane in terms of how the force shatters things into pieces.

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