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How dams lead to earthquakes?

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13y ago
Updated: 8/20/2019

There is more pressure on the micro-cracks in the near reservoirs, and when there is more pressure on the rocks the water acts like a lubricant to the faults and is stopped by friction against the rock surfaces which causes an earthquake.

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