Oroville Dam earthquakes in February 2017 related to spillway discharge
Tuesday, December 18, 2018 - 17:10
in Earth & Climate
A closer look at small earthquakes that took place at the Oroville Dam in California's Sierra Nevada foothills in February 2017 -- near the time when the dam's spillway failed -- suggest that the seismic activity was related to reservoir discharge that opened and closed fractures in the rock below the spillway.