Not in any substantial way. If you were to scale down the earth to the size of a brand new pool (aka snooker) ball, the earth would actually be smoother than the ball. The difference between the highest point and lowest point on earth, relative to it’s size, is actually less than the differences between the high point and low points on what we would consider a smooth object.
No.
If land rises in one area it falls in another. Earthquakes don’t create more stuff. They just rearrange what’s there.
Also: the Earth is almost 8,000 miles or 12,800 kilometers in diameter, and if an earthquake caused land to rise by 10 meters/yards that’s only 0.00001% of the Earth’s diameter.
But yes, the Earth is constantly getting bigger from all of the space dust and meteors that are constantly falling, [about 50 tons per day](https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/asteroids-comets-and-meteors/meteors-and-meteorites/overview/)
Not in any substantial way. If you were to scale down the earth to the size of a brand new pool (aka snooker) ball, the earth would actually be smoother than the ball. The difference between the highest point and lowest point on earth, relative to it’s size, is actually less than the differences between the high point and low points on what we would consider a smooth object.
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