Food for Thought on Earthquakes

I think that : A. We know about every quake, whereas before the internet and instant international news, we didn't hear about anything but the truly huge ones. B. We notice them when there are really strong quakes that do a lot of damage. And if there is more than one or two in a short period of time, we see this as unusual. C. Seismological record doesn't show that there are more quakes. I sometimes look at the USGS site to see how many quakes there were today. You'd be amazed at how many small quakes happen all over. Most quakes are not even felt and many happen out in uninhabited areas or at sea. So there are more quakes than we think. Earthquakes happen when energy builds up due to decay of radioactive material beneath the earth's surface. When it builds too high, a quake occurs. That doesn't mean the big one might not happen at any time. Predicting earthquakes is not a very accurate science.

I don´t know is that helps or not. We have the worst earthquakes in my country, Chile. Fortunatly, we have learned to build our houses earthquakeproof. Still, I dread earthquakes and run to the garden even when it is raining.

I completely agree with Anja. In our days we know everything, this was not the case before the Internet. In Italy we had more earthquakes in the past than in recent days.

To tell the truth i would never be surprised if that happens to be the case. Afterall the environment gives back to us according to how we treat it

I actually read an article saying that people thought the fracking was making the small earthquakes in one town. I can't remember where the town was.

@moffittjc I wonder. And I wonder if this IS actually a fact but the higher up ( AKA assh*les ) don’t care because it’s all about money to them.

I have long suspected that oil excavation could be an issue. If you put water in a balloon and pop it the water goes everywhere. To me, it's logical that removing oil from underground would have a similar effect.