I’ve often wondered what effect does world trade have on earthquakes.
Millions and billions of tons of goods are shipped across oceans and continents from points all over the globe. Surely that must have some destabilizing effect on the rotational and centrifugal forces that affect us all..................
The finished goods do not weigh much in relation to the raw materials. Exporting iron ore, barrels of oil etc amounts to millions of tons.
I know you’re being facetious but I did a quick look-up anyway.
The total weight of human civilization including all people and all things built by people (97% of which is concrete and steel):
125 billion tons
Total weight of planet earth:
6 trillion billion tons
The earth is 48 billion times heavier than the total weight of human civilization.