Some of us live/work in Japan.

elihu · on Nov 21, 2016

..and for those that don't, probably a large majority of Hacker News readers live in an earthquake-prone region and worry about whether they're prepared for the next time a significant earthquake is going to happen to them.

glandium · on Nov 21, 2016

And if you are in a zone that needs to be concerned about it, you'll already have been made aware of it by more direct means than reading HN.

Edit: I live in Japan. I don't rely on HN for earthquake news.

Nadya · on Nov 22, 2016

I don't - but I have friends who do. I found out about the earthquake through HN and was able to contact my friends and see if they were safe.

I'm aware of the warning sirens. I spent a non-significant amount of time near the cost. You also don't need the news to tell you that you just felt a large earthquake, get to high ground.