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Did A Dam Help Cause An Earthquake?

December 1, 2009
By Canadian Consulting Engineer

The American Geophysical Union has published a research paper suggesting that the construction of the Zipingpu Reservoir that was impounded in 2005 hastened the Wenchuan earthquake in China. The earth...

The American Geophysical Union has published a research paper suggesting that the construction of the Zipingpu Reservoir that was impounded in 2005 hastened the Wenchuan earthquake in China. The earthquake in Sichuan province on May 12, 2008 killed approximately 68,000 people.

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