Hydropower dams bear blame for province's earthquake surge

A map shows the location of an earthquake epicenter in Kon Tum Province (red star), April 18, 2022. Photo courtesy of the Institute of Geophysics

Kon Tum Province in the Central Highlands is seeing unusually active seismic events, with the number of earthquakes recorded over the past year five times that of the previous 120 years.

Nguyen Xuan Anh, head of the Institute of Geophysics, on Tuesday said the number of earthquakes in Kon Plong District and nearby areas has been increasing since April 2021.

Last year, there were 169 earthquakes of a Richter magnitude of 2.5 in the region. Between April 15 and 18 this year, there were already 22 earthquakes, with the biggest having a magnitude of 4.5, said Anh.

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