Indeed, Chinese scientists blamed the massive 2008 earthquake that struck the Tibetan plateau’s eastern rim, killing 87,000 people, on the newly constructed Zipingpu Dam, located next to a seismic fault. The weight of the water impounded in the dam’s massive reservoir was said to have triggered severe tectonic stresses, or what scientists call reservoir-triggered seismicity.
中国在西南部建坝的新计划还带来了巨大的安全担忧。事实上，中国科学家将2008年青藏高原东沿发生的夺去87000人生命的大地震归咎于位于地震断层附近的新建成的紫坪铺大坝。大坝的水库截留了巨大的水量，据说这些水的巨大重量触发了严重的结构应力，即科学家所谓的水库引发的地震。