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　⇒Chinese earthquake may have been man-made, say scientists - Telegraph

An earthquake that killed at least 80,000 people in Sichuan last year may have been triggered by an enormous dam just miles from the epicentre

　Scientific American⇒Great China earthquake may have been man-made: Scientific American Blog

Was last year's devastating China earthquake, which killed 80,000 people and left more than 5 million homeless, really just a tragic natural event? Speculation is growing that the magnitude-7.9 quake may have actually been triggered by the tremendous water weight behind a nearby dam.
　
Scientists in China and the U.S. say that water behind the Zipingpu Dam, just 3.4 miles (5.5 kilometers) from the epicenter of the May 12 quake in Sichuan in southern China, may have weakened the fault that ruptured, the British Telegraph reports today.

　⇒Dam may have caused deadly China earthquake - Science Fair - USATODAY.com

China's deadly 2008 earthquake was triggered by rapid damming of a river, suggests a Science magazine report. The May earthquake killed about 80,000 people and, "the first researchers have gone public with evidence that stresses from water piled behind the new Zipingpu Dam may have triggered the failure of the nearby fault," reports the magazine.