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"Earthquakes are not really caused or affected by weather since they are a geological event."

To imply such, is to say that geology is not affected by weather. I disagree.

The original question contains no reference to weather. Perhaps the poster is interested in the possible effects of the weather on earthquakes, but that would be inference. Perhaps the poster just wanted a statistical response. Perhaps the fact the earth wobbles on it's axis significantly, back and forth each year, creates a measurable force upon the tectonic plates on which we live. The variation of the cycling force is calendar related. To assume the force has no effect on movement of the plates would be preposterous.

I lack sufficient data to theorize about the possible effects of rainfall (or lack of) over a large area being related to earthquake activity. However, and I'm calling gravity into play, if you run some calculations on the weight of water and factor that in the possible scale of the situation, I think it would be possible in some scenarios for rain or snowfall (or lack of) to cause some effect on those types of fault. Take a measly 1" of rain in 1 square mile. I show that as 143 million pounds (I'm rounding).

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