I live in potential earthquake country (PNW). Looking at pictures 2 and 7 from the above link confirms why I never park next to or close to buildings if I have the choice to park further away. You may survive an earthquake only to find that your transportation home or evac is useless...
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Earth and sky, woods and fields, lakes and rivers, the mountain and the sea, are excellent schoolmasters, and teach some of us more than we can ever learn from books.

John Lubbock