Registered: 08/26/06
Posts: 7705
Loc: southern Cal
It can be in earthquake country. I don't think pilot lights would be much of a problem; all the ones I have ever seen (and I have a very old furnace) require manual manipulation to start the gas flow and will shut off shortly after the pilot light goes out - the old bimetal strip technology.
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