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  • "Dam-induced Seismicity." International Rivers.http://internationalrivers.org/en/node/1477
  • "Earthquakes Caused by Dams: 'Reservoir-Triggered/Induced Seismicity.'" Probe International.http://www.probeinternational.org/files/dam%20triggeredearthquakes.pdf
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