If you live in california, japan and in cities with a couple days drive of the hemileas or the kendo Hush. You should definitely have a good flashlight bottled water and practice running in a doorways or ducking under desk Why is that because they are where earthquakes happen? But if you live in florida or scandinavia or maltaYou probably shouldn't waste all your time and money prepping for the big earthquake. You'd be much better off preparing for hurricanes or blizzards and heat waves Because those will happen more frequently precisely where you live.