The relevant application is to help societies know when and where massive amounts of energy can be released. If you can predict to some degree of accuracy the tectonic movements, then you can warn folks the ground they live on might shake violently or a nearby mountain may explode or eject material.
–I’m having a lot of QA so I’ll go with it and post some answers. Remember, you can always ask something in my message box by going to the “About” section on my blog menu–