Hoover Dam unscathed after earthquakes
The recent earthquakes that rattled Southern California and parts of Nevada didn’t damage Hoover Dam. Following the 6.4 and 7.1 magnitude earthquakes that first struck near Ridgecrest, California, on July 4th and 5th respectively, Reclamation staff immediately inspected the dam and found no evidence of any damage. “Hoover Dam reacted satisfactorily to all of the recent large earthquakes,” said Nathaniel Gee, Chief of the Engineering Services Office with Reclamation’s Lower Colorado Region. “If our on-site and remote monitoring devices confirm seismic activity at or near the dam, inspectors will physically walk the dam looking for settlement, cracking, sloughing or movement…
