Question

opinion on earthquakes

Answer 1

That’s a good question – asking for our opinions on earthquakes. When I talk to my colleages I often say something like “I am passionate about earthquakes”. But what I mean is, that I find the processes of how and why earthquakes happen incredibly interesting! Rocks that move and deform, thats really exciting for me.

But earthquakes themselves are scary to lots of people and can also be very dangerous. So wherever a big earthquake happens I read and watch the news to see if anybody was injured.

Rhian is right, nearly all of the earthquakes are natural, and only very few are due to human activity. It’s not only getting oil or gas from the subsurface, it can also be related to geothermal energy (that is basically hot temperatures in the subsurface that we can use for heating and electricity). Or even dams, which are built to collect fresh water for our everyday use!
In most cases, earthquakes induced hy human activities are rather small and do not harm anybody. But scientists and politicians have to watch those activities closely and make sure that nothing worse happens in the future.

Answer 2

But what I mean is, that I find the processes of how and why earthquakes happen incredibly interesting! Rocks that move and deform, thats really exciting for me.

But earthquakes themselves are scary to lots of people and can also be very dangerous. So wherever a big earthquake happens I read and watch the news to see if anybody was injured.

Rhian is right, nearly all of the earthquakes are natural, and only very few are due to human activity. It’s not only getting oil or gas from the subsurface, it can also be related to geothermal energy (that is basically hot temperatures in the subsurface that we can use for heating and electricity). Or even dams, which are built to collect fresh water for our everyday use!
In most cases, earthquakes induced hy human activities are rather small and do not harm anybody. But scientists and politicians have to watch those activities closely and make sure that nothing worse happens in the future.