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This is of course based on pure ignorance. The bigger a project the more likely it will have the most state-of-the-art earthquake safeguards, which are tremendous. Earthquakes are simply not a concern for a project like this. If a quake occurs and the tracks spread there will be immediate breaks put on all running trains. After the quake you fix the tracks. It's not really a huge deal.
Tall buildings, for the record, are built with counter-weighting and shock absorption that makes them far safer in an earthquake than your new McMansion.
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