Reply #43: My theory is that humans are attracted to fault zones

[jmcgowanjm]

They're always totally gorgeous:
Like this guy says:
Richard Aubrey on December 27, 2004 07:52 PM

Blindsided by Mother Nature.

There is a physical/human issue, and that is that most
people want to live on flat ground near fresh water and
some way of making a living. That includes a substantial part
of the world's littoral, although some of it is cliffs or
other inhospitable land
forms.
People will always be within the reach of
tsunami(s).
Warning is good, but how many people can leg it to high
ground with, say, an hour's start? How long does it take
to evacuate, say, the Florida Keys when a hurricane
threatens?
Either we build some inconceivable structure that will
physically stop the effects of a tsunami, or we forbid people
living within, say, a half mile of the shore (or actually going
there for any reason), or we accept random acts of mass
death.

http://talkleft.com/new_archives/009123.html

(I'm not sure about Diego Garcia)
Chagos Archipelago Earthquake, 1983.

The 1983 earthquake spawned a tsunami (1) in the region.
In the lagoon, on Diego Garcia, there was a 1.5-meter rise
in wave height and there was some significant wave
damage near the south-eastern tip of the island.

http://www.asc-india.org/gq/chagos.htm