a_common_spring t1_jdjz65g wrote on March 24, 2023 at 11:01 PM

That's so wild that human activity can cause EARTHQUAKES. do you know how big the earth's crust is? It's hella large.

CatatonicMan t1_jdkrzb0 wrote on March 25, 2023 at 2:45 AM

Less wild than you're probably imagining.

It's more akin to lubrication, really. The potential energy for the quake was already built up; the injected liquid just gets things moving.

It's roughly analogous to a match starting a forest fire or a yell causing an avalanche.

OneForAllOfHumanity t1_jdpl62z wrote on March 26, 2023 at 4:37 AM

Human activity can cause climate change too. It doesn't take much to trigger something bigger.

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pyrolizard11 t1_jdlarg9 wrote on March 25, 2023 at 5:54 AM

Makes perfect sense to me. If ancient man could split mountains with nothing but hammer and chisel, why shouldn't we be able to shake the earth with all our modern understanding and technology?