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I agree with his wave theory of propagation with two caveats.

1) If the propagation is acting as a wave then in his last point the wave wouldn’t “bottle up” it would reflect as waves of any type do.

Now this will create interference with the remainder of the incoming wave - sometimes buidling or diminishing it. It should also propagate back down the line toward the source or get otherwise directed at an angle away from the point where it failed to propagate.

2) I think the drilling part of the theory is limited in evidence and similar to the sun has many magnitude greater effect on climate, I think the magma waves have many magnitude greater effect on earthquake propagation.

Good points, Reed. But I suggest we should readily accept that Dutch’s deep wave theory is infinitely more reasonable than the silly idea that quakes are caused by “collision” of plates in the crust.

I don’t know if Dutch possesses the physics and mathematics background, but my gut feeling is that his theory would fit with great elegance into a Hamiltonian mechanics framework.

If the propagation is acting as a wave then in his last point the wave wouldn’t “bottle up” it would reflect as waves of any type do.

The "bottle up" notion is the part of my explanation I'm least comfortable with. As you say, waves don't bottle up, they move. In his FAQ, dutch describes the effect as a pressure build-up rather than wave movement. E.g.:

What is the sequence of movement for West Coast USA? What are the warning signs of a coming earthquake along the West coast of the United States.
The signs of a coming earthquake off the West coast of the United States are obvious once you know what to look for.
1st : As pressure builds along the West coast of the US (coming from the Pacific Plate), the western portion of the United States (California, Nevada, Utah, Wyoming, Washington, and Oregon) will begin seeing swarms of smaller earthquakes (M1.0 to M4.0) occur at multiple ancient volcanic magma chambers interior to the coast.
After the magma chambers are struck, the pressure reaches upwards to the next weakest point it can find to release at. Usually this means the fracking, deep oil drilling, geothermal, and other man made penetrations into the crust are struck (deep perforations in the solid plate).

The Sun and Moon also exert gravitational forces unevenly and cyclically as the Earth rotates and revolves around the Sun, and the Moon around the Earth.

Those forces are outsized compared with any forces we can exert in drilling.