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Percy having power over earthquakes however is highly debatable. Normally whenever he creates fissures in the ground, there is some kind of other circumstance leading to an earthquake-like effect. When he caused the volcano to explode, he was calling the ocean to him which was more of a geyser causing an explosion, not an earthquake. Also when he destroys the bridge and the glacier shelf, he stabs Riptide into the ground causing the cracks; meaning that could be a power of Riptide and not Percy himself.

As far as Percy fighting the gods and winning, one of the things about Greek Mythology was that while the gods were powerful, people never believed they were all powerful and never made mistakes. In a way the gods were humanized and fallible, so they could be beat or tricked. In the series this goes even further by Rick explaining their power is never in one place at once, so no one in the series ever fights these gods or Titans at full power. If a god really wanted to beat Percy, they could just unleash their true form and turn him to ash. Mr. D has also threatened to turn Percy into a dolphin and could if he desired.