I have read about these earthquake situations, which is nothing other than the earth arranging its tectonic plates. It is as you point out in the text, it is a living being that breathes deeply. It's like when we lie down on the floor to play with a child, a dog, a cat, then we have to stop a little, get up, shake ourselves off and continue living.
Something like that seems to me to be these earthquakes, readjustments and then surprises of nature. Just like this source of geothermal wells that are born from telluric movements.