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Some fault lines seem to accumulate energy, so the longer the waiting period between two earthquakes, the stronger it gets. Is it the same for San Andreas, so t
by sveme 10y ago
Some fault lines seem to accumulate energy, so the longer the waiting period between two earthquakes, the stronger it gets. Is it the same for San Andreas, so that more frequent earthquakes would actually be beneficial as they would be easier to handle structurally?
- tqkxzugoaupvwqr 10y agoI’m not an expert and I have the same understanding. Futuristic earthquake mitigation approaches talk about inducing small, non-destructive earthquakes in a controlled way to reduce the magnitude. The goal is to completely manage earthquakes.
- iamcreasy 10y agoThat's insanely cool!
- sbuttgereit 10y agoOh sure... now you want to frack. ;-)
- jessaustin 10y agoMaybe Oklahoma and Arkansas are the best places to go to avoid "The Big One"?
- ScottBurson 10y agoNot as good an idea as it sounds. The problem is that the largest earthquakes release massive amounts of energy. Each point on the Richter scale corresponds to about a factor of 30 in energy. So to release the energy of one magnitude-7 quake would take some 900 magnitude-5 quakes. And a 5 in a populated area can still do a little damage. Can you imagine how people would feel about having one of these a week for 20 years?
- GregBuchholz 10y agoWhy not 810,000 Magnitude 3 quakes?
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- MengerSponge 10y agoOn the other hand, a daily (smallish) earthquake could easily replace your alarm clock. "Sorry I'm late... I slept through the tremor this morning."
- Arnt 10y agoTime your sex well and you can have (or fake) an earth-shaking orgasm.