Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Pico, kamar sauran tsibiran, yana da saukin kamuwa da abubuwan girgizar ƙasa, kodayake manyan wuraren da suka fi yawa sun kasance a cikin Faial-Pico ko Pico-São Jorge Channels. Girgizar kasa ta 1757 ce ta girgiza tsibirin Pico tun lokacin da aka fara zama.
, wanda ya haifar da mummunan lalacewa a yankin gabashin tsibirin ciki har da mutuwar mutane 11 da rushewar coci da wasu gidaje; rikicin girgizar kasa na 1973 (Oktoba 1973 - Mayu 1974) wanda babban girgizar kasa (tare da girman 5.5) ya yi mummunar lalacewa ga gidaje 604 a Faial da 2,000 a Pico, wanda ya bar kusan mutane 5,000 ba tare da gida ba; da kuma girgizar kasa ta 9 ga Yuli, 1998, girgizar kasa mafi karfi da aka yi a cikin shekaru 30 da suka gabata, wanda ke da cibiyar kilomita 5 a arewa maso gabashin Ponta da Ribeirinha, a tsibirin Faial, wanda ya kai girman 5.8. An ji shi a Pico, tare da matsakaicin matakin ƙarfin VII a kan sikelin Mercalli; wasu gidaje sun lalace kuma an mallaki dukiya. Sauran girgizar ƙasa mai ƙarfi da ta shafi tsibirin sun haɗa da: abubuwan girgizar ƙasa na 1957-58 da ke da alaƙa da fashewar dutsen Capelinhos (a Faial), girgizar ƙasa ta Fabrairu 1964 a tsibirin São Jorge, da girgizar ƙasa ta 1926, wanda aka yi rajista a cikin Faial-Pico Channel.