Really? Chile has the strongest builodings in the world Just consider that we have had (since 2010) three major quakes of 8.8, 8.3 and 8.4. respectively There was some damage and especially in the first of these some deaths (partly due to tsunami deaths after the government passed along bad information). Volcanes have little effect on Chile since prevailing winds send 98% of the trouble to Argentina. In terms of natural disasters, just about any other place in the world is more dangerous than Chile, Paraguay excepted.