Wile E. Coyote got the same result. Came from a pill, I think.
To all,
This is typical of the 70s revival. Geo-thermal, wave, wind, solar, electric, co-generation, etc. were all the rage back in the day. Now, 3 decades later, the hippies have come back.
I am quiet serious. (And I am a geologist.)
To be fair, "earth quakes" is not the correct term --- unexpected seismic disturbances (not at the plate level, mind you, much higher) did occur. Bad enough that they shut the project down.
They were pumping large amounts of sea water down fairly deep to encounter temps of 500 degrees or so.