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Non Life Sciences => Geology, Palaeontology & Archaeology => Topic started by: thedoc on 06/06/2016 13:50:02

Title: Can humans cause earthquakes?
Post by: thedoc on 06/06/2016 13:50:02

Moosa Mayat  asked the Naked Scientists:

Can humans cause earthquakes?
   
What do you think?

Title: Re: Can humans cause earthquakes?
Post by: JimBob on 27/06/2016 04:19:32

Yes. See this space.

I am going to let others figure out why and how for a day or two.

Educational purposes,you know.

Title: Re: Can humans cause earthquakes?
Post by: RD on 27/06/2016 05:03:17

USGS says fracking (http://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Fracking) can cause earthquakes ... http://earthquake.usgs.gov/research/induced/

Title: Re: Can humans cause earthquakes?
Post by: hamdani yusuf on 27/06/2016 05:57:28

North Korean nuclear bomb test is said to have caused a small earth quake.

Title: Re: Can humans cause earthquakes?
Post by: JimBob on 27/06/2016 22:10:57

Both of above are correct.  [;D]

Title: Re: Can humans cause earthquakes?
Post by: RD on 28/06/2016 03:54:41

Filling a large dam ... https://www.internationalrivers.org/dam%E2%80%93induced-seismicity

Title: Re: Can humans cause earthquakes?
Post by: JimBob on 29/06/2016 04:30:15

What are you doing, RD? Trying to Show me up?

I resemble that!