2008 Sichuan Earthquake Likely Man-Made

http://chinadigitaltimes.net/2012/12/2008-sichuan-earthquake-likely-man-made/

by kevin_morrill • 14 years ago

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rplnt2• 14 years ago

> The Chinese earthquake that killed 80,000 people in May of 2008 most likely was not an act of God, a study released today has found.

I can understand that for some strange reason is the phrase "act of God" in the USA law system (it is, right?). But why is it in a scientific paper?

linohh• 14 years ago

The paper itself does not contain the word 'god' at all.

rplnt2• 14 years ago

Ah, OK, I thought it was a citation. It certainly looked so with that styling.

snake_plissken• 14 years ago

it's not meant to be taken literally, it's one of many phrases to describe long tail events

yread• 14 years ago

Speculation on this area apparently isn't new http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/china/4434400... [2009]. Very interesting I haven't heard of that before, it's possible, it seems http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reservoir-induced_seismicity#Re...

seanmcdirmid• 14 years ago

Weird. I felt the quake in Beijing while we were interviewing someone. Crazy to think that it could be manmade and still felt that far.

jtl09• 14 years ago

please believe this absurdity if you are a moron.

Someone• 14 years ago

Man-made? More like man-triggered:

"The Zipingpu reservoir’s apparent triggering of the Wenchuan earthquake is an unprecedented case of reservoir-induced seismicity that presents huge challenges for scientific theory."

There is way too little potential energy in that reservoir to cause an earthquake on that scale.

2008 Sichuan Earthquake Likely Man-Made

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