Human-induced earthquakes
🎓 Academic research
USGS et al. · Koyna India (1967, M6.3) · Oklahoma USA (2009–2016) · 1967–
Reservoir filling and shale-gas wastewater re-injection are confirmed to induce felt quakes; Oklahoma briefly became the most seismically active state in the lower 48.
VerdictHumans can ‘make’ quakes but not control them.
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The 1975 Haicheng earthquake prediction
🏛️ Official record
Liaoning provincial seismic authorities, China · China, Haicheng Liaoning · 1975-02-04
Based on foreshocks and animal anomalies, a warning was issued and people evacuated, greatly cutting casualties from the M7.3 quake; the following year’s Tangshan quake wasn’t predicted.
VerdictThe only widely accepted successful earthquake prediction.
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Earthquake-light research
🎓 Academic research
USGS · Quebec ministry of mines, Thériault et al. (2014) · Global · 2014
Analysing 65 earthquake-light reports since 1600, proposing that stressed rock releases charge as a possible mechanism.
VerdictA natural phenomenon, unrelated to ‘earth control’.
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