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🌪️ Dying in a tornado vs 🏚️ Dying in an earthquake

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You're 2.50× more likely to die in a tornado

than to die in an earthquake

Dying in a tornado

1 in 60,000

lifetime (US avg)

Dying in an earthquake

1 in 150,000

lifetime (US avg)

How we calculated this

Each figure is “1 in X.” The larger X is the rarer event. Dividing that number by the more common one gives the multiplier: you're 2.50× more likely to die in a tornado. When the periods differ, this is a raw ratio of those figures, not a lifetime-normalized risk.

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You're 2.50× more likely to die in a tornado (1 in 60,000, lifetime (US avg)) than to die in an earthquake (1 in 150,000, lifetime (US avg)). — How Likely Is That? https://www.howlikelyisthat.com/compare/odds-of-dying-in-a-tornado-vs-odds-of-dying-in-an-earthquake
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