Does a large population have a negative effect on land mass / tectonic plates?

Question

I heard somewhere that the large population densities of countries like India have had an effect on the land structure -- possibly involving the tectonic plates -- due to the growing amount of weight/pressure. Any confirmation?

Answer 1

What ever the weight added in the earth came from earth only. Therefore there is no need to fear for the papulation is the cause for earthquakes.Singapore is a very small country they want to have still more population.  

Answer 2

I sincerely doubt it.

For one thing, the population of human beings, although we're a lot larger than many creatures, is only a small part of the fauna (not to mention the other species, such as trees) living in any such area. Let's not get too over-focused on our own species!

Second, the biomass on any large area is probably largely derived from materials extracted from the land mass and turned into living matter via the food chain. The only major exception might be carbon, which is extracted from the air by photosynthesis and turned into organic compounds.

If any fresh imbalances in land mass were created by this process, the places to look for changes would be areas like the U.S. (importing lots of food grown elsewhere) or areas which export or import large amounts of fossil fuels (Venezuela, Nigeria, the Middle East, or the U.S. again).

Answer 3

I have never heard that nor do I beleive it to be true.  the weight of human beings and infrastructure is no where close to being able to throw off such large scale geologic processes as plate tectonics.  It is like a drop in the ocean.  the effects of the weight are negligible.  Its like having a fly land on a wrecking ball.  the wrecking ball wont move, or dent or change shape in anyway...