Hope I am positing in the right place.  I am suppose to be going to El Salvador with my boyfriend next week.  We were going for his friend's wedding at the beach.

We had purchased our tickets for the flights and booked the hotel and were pretty excited about going.  I have a fear of earthquakes and grew up in the US Midwest where they aren't common but I had visited California several times.  I downloaded this earthquake app to put my mind to rest that a quake isn't like an everyday thing or at least they are too small to be felt like in CA.  It however did the opposite and I saw a ton of 4.0 quakes (ones that are small but can be felt) like back to back.  Then I started reading more and Central America is one of the most seismically active places in the world (even more than California) and has had a ton of destructive quakes and it is at risk for a tsunami due to the type of fault off the coast.  Unlike California or Japan their building codes aren't as a good either.

I freaked out, started breathing hard, and then crying tell him I couldn't go.  Even if there wasn't a big destructive quake, a small to medium sized one could trigger me into full panic mode and I didn't want to ruin his friends wedding.  I feel so bad now, as I feel like I have abandoned my boyfriend.  He said it is ok, but I can definitely tell he wanted me to go.  Plus El Salvador is his home country as well and he wanted to show me his hometown.  I told him I would make it up to him and cover my portion of the trip.  

I just keep beating myself and feel like a coward and selfish person.  Then to make things more complicated, my dad has been sick and recently asked me to come visit him.  So I was also feeling guilty about that as well.  

I was wondering if someone had gone through a similar experience or offer any advice.