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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It is difficult to adequately describe the enormous magnitudes of energies which build up and release during techtonic activity. Even if we knew precisely where the next largest stress nodes were, no tools we have (not even nukes). Could meaningfully change the outcome of techtonic activity.
The only human activity which has any measurable influence on regional seismic activity is fracking, where pressurized water is pumped between layers of rock to tease out pockets of natural gas. Sometimes this activity causes localized rock formations to collapse which releases techtonic energy. But the effect is unpredictable.
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