Is preemptive earthquake discharge possible? If yes, why seismic counties aren’t doing it?

Question

So, earthquake is when two plates keep piling on each other and building stress/pressure that reaches a critical point and discharges all this built up energy. Is it possible do preemptively discharge this pressure while it’s still not big enough to cause serious damage? Like, with bombs or something. And if yes, why nobody does it?

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Answer 1

That’s not how tectonic plates work, unfortunately. The focus (source) of an earthquake is several kilometres below the ground. We can’t reach it. To influence the plates on that level, we’d need to create a disturbance far larger than the earthquake itself. (Larger because it’s so much closer to the surface).