Can a nuclear explosion trigger an earthquake ?
50 years that humans can use the nuclear and thermonuclear power.
Some geologic faults should store huge pressure at some points. Could the explosion of nuclear bomb placed near one of these points trigger a damaging earthquake ?
This question could seem rather stupid or terrifying, but in 50 years, you can developp bombs technology quite a lot.
UC Berkeley: Can a nuclear explosion trigger an earthquake?
http://www.encyclopediabritannica.com/eb/article?tocId=60449
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The earthquake triggered massive tsunamis that struck the coasts of the Indian Ocean, the deadliest tsunamis by far in all of recorded history.
According to Tad Murty, vice-president of the Tsunami Society, the total energy of the tsunami waves was about five megatons of TNT (20 petajoules). This is more than twice the total explosive energy used during all of World War II (including the two atomic bombs), but still almost four orders of magnitude less than the energy released in the earthquake itself [16] (http://www.canada.com/montreal/montrealgazette/news/story.html?id=2257b78c-3897-4594-ad86-18c0eb661bea).
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Nobody was aware of it when it happened, but we just learned 2 years ago that nuclear explosion occured in space during the 1970's, although it's an international treaty-protected "area".
>During the heart of the Cold War, the United States and the former Soviet Union launched and detonated a combined total of over 20 thermo nuclear weapons in the upper atmosphere and near space region of earth in an effort to test the effects of launching an offense as well as countering an offense. Even during the Cuban Missile Crisis!
..look in google