Lubricating these faults often has the reverse effect; it allows the plates to constantly slip and having more frequent, smaller earthquakes. That being said, t

Lubricating these faults often has the reverse effect; it allows the plates to constantly slip and having more frequent, smaller earthquakes. That being said, the geysers quake a few years back hit the theoretical maximum for that portion of the fault so who really knows. See below for info on the topic as well as the Parkfield Experiment. https://earthquake.usgs.gov/research/parkfield/fluids.php https://earthquake.usgs.gov/research/parkfield/fluids.php