if you dig lower underground would you move the plates of the world?

Question: if you dig lower underground would you move the plates of the world?
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  dig,
  plates,
  underground
Asked by Crazy Mad Scientist to Carolyn, Peter, Richard, Sara, Siana on 18 Nov 2015.
- Richard Unwin answered on 18 Nov 2015:
  
  Hi Crazy mad,
  
  I don’t think so, no. Or at least, we’ve dug quite a way down and it’s not happened yet – and the plates are MASSIVE so you’d need an enormous force to move them intentionally…

Question: if you dig lower underground would you move the plates of the world?