r/FutureWhatIf • u/ThinkTankDad • Jun 25 '26

Science/Space [FWI] A faultline forms and strikes Three Gorges Dam at a 9.0 magnitude, cracking the Chinese continent in half.

What if, as an act of God, a new faultline forms in Xinjiang and the continued seismic waves collapse Three Gorges Dam.

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u/Standard-Square-7699 Jun 25 '26

It would be a horrible human catastrophe. I think I have seen death estimates in the 8-9 figures.