Frequently when I am speaking about a HIRA process (Hazard Identification and Risk Analysis) I will mention the fact that the Ottawa river is on a fault line and that hundreds of very minor tremors occur every year. This should and does cause architects to design buildings with some ability to withstand a degree of earthquakes.
Attached is a link to an interesting story in the Toronto Star about faults.
http://www.thestar.com/news/insight/article/751748--our-fractured-planet-s-faults?bn=1
Photo is of the San Andreas Fault in California which caused the 1906 San Francisco earthquake which killed 3,000 people and the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake which resulted in 63 deaths.
