Comment Re: Maybe Putin could help (Score 1) 155
This basically says "no effect either way" from my non-expert reading of it
Um no, not exactly. It basically says ChrisMaple was right, and drinkypoo has once again lived up to his name. The article admits that small quakes DO take some of the energy away from larger ones, and do delay them by "temporarily easing stress on the fault line". It merely points out that the massive disparity in energy levels means that a single small quake (or even a hundred small quakes) cannot permanently avert a much larger one. If, however, you keep repeating this "temporary" fix, you end up with a long-term solution.
The rest of your comment is bang-on though. Small quakes are of no concern.