GEAB 194
The dread of the climate crisis could soon be replaced by that of a “global seismic crisis”, i.e. a gradual increase in the number and severity of earthquakes. If we add to this the increase in sinkholes, it would seem that the ground is planning to give way beneath our feet more and more often… Nature’s latest thumbing of the nose at an arrogance that we have to wonder how much longer we will be able to finance.
History of the tallest free-standing structures – Source: DatalsBeautiful
Increase in “induced” earthquakes
Admittedly, the earthquake that has just struck Burma (Myanmar) is probably natural, given its proximity to the Sasaing fault and the known displacement of the Indian tectonic plate. Myanmar is exposed to a high seismic risk[1]. The same applies to Turkey, which lies on the Anatolian plate, compressed between the Eurasian and Arabian plates[2].
And yet, the increase in the number of “induced earthquakes” has been confirmed: for several decades now, earthquakes have been officially associated with human activity. Drilling, fracking, geothermal energy, dams… all these uses of nature have been implicated in various seismic events such as those in Oklahoma (USA, Richter 5.8, 2016), Strasbourg (France, Richter 3, 2020), Basel (Switzerland, Richter 3.5, 2006), Pohang (South Korea, Richter 5.4, 2017), Konya (India, Richter 6.6, 1967), Sichuan (China, Richter 7.9, 2008), etc.[3]
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