That being said... My parents live in Parkfield / Creston CA (google: Parkfield CA) and the San Andreas fault literally runs across the back corner of the vineyard...

Scary stuff, only for those outside CA, to be honest if you grew up in ca, earthquakes are

1. Not that scary
2. Not given much worry
3. Gonna Happen

California

The Parkfield Experiment is a comprehensive, long-term earthquake research project on the San Andreas fault. Led by the USGS and the State of California, the experiment's purpose is to better understand the physics of earthquakes ... (Link)

[link to earthquake.usgs.gov]