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Compartmentalizing risk as acts of god is a rather pointless exercise. If you can’t eliminate risk you need to be intellectually honest and say why that risk is acceptable. The Midwest for example gets large earthquakes in seemingly random locations, that’s a known issue and needs to be accounted for in a risk assessment.

As to other transport methods being less safe that also comes down to building safe systems. Car gas tanks for example are designed to survive crashes without spilling their contents. You can also build tanker trucks/trains to appropriate standards.