Earthquake concerns Issaquah (Rainier: homes, construction, living)

[fxdl]

I'm looking at some props in Issaquah in Talus, the community there is supported and bounded by a 40 foot retaining wall just above the Timberlake Retirement Home. A look at a map shows proximity to a fault line and clusterings of R1-R2 quakes in region. Hmm... how safe is moving to a hillside community in this area? I plan on living here for 30 years or so and don't want to do a California belly flop off the hillside. I'm pretty new to area and have never owned a home in WA before.

[nwcountrygal]

You have the chance of earthquakes but enough to dictact life on it it? Doesn't seem like an issue to me. Although I have lived 30 years basically at Mt Rainier, staying in Hawaii next to the Valcanoe, researching the lava fields taking over villages 60-to 90's, realzing land in 24 next to me fell into the ocean. Washington seems really safe. Too each their own were feels good.

[gardenine00]

Talus home construction required some very significant earthquake and landslide bolstering, where danger homes are essentially "pinned" to the hillside, not just built upon fill. Ask the builder or seller about this. I would be confident that most homes aren't going to go for a ride in a big quake. The retaining walls and those huge yards (!), however, might be another story.