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According to Sam Bonis, a geologist at Dartmouth College, leaking pipes went unfixed long enough to create the conditions necessary for sinkhole formation because of city zoning regulations and building codes. [3] Bonis also says that the Guatemala City sinkhole is a misnomer: sinkholes have natural causes, but this one was mainly artificial. [3]
The sinkhole was created by fluid from a sewer eroding uncemented volcanic ash, limestone, and other pyroclastic deposits underlying Guatemala City. [1] [2] The hazards around the pipe have since then been mitigated, by improved handling of the city's wastewater and runoff, [3] and plans to develop on the site have been proposed.
The 2010 Guatemala City sinkhole. 2007 Guatemala City sinkhole – a 100 m (330 ft) deep sinkhole which formed in 2007 due to sewage pipe ruptures. 2010 Guatemala City sinkhole – a disaster in which an area approximately 20 m (65 ft) across and 90 m (300 ft) deep collapsed, swallowing a three-story factory.
What caused the sinkhole is under investigation, Omaha Mayor Jean Stothert said Thursday in a Facebook post. "City engineers and inspectors say a number of factors could have caused the pavement ...
Sinkholes are bad enough when they open up in yards and in fields, but on Monday afternoon one formed in the middle of a California street. Insane video captures sinkhole as it first opens up in ...
There's a hole longer than three football fields on the site of a future metro park on the South Side, and a small coalition of activists is raising the alarm that it's a dangerous, growing ...
Volcán de Fuego (Spanish for "Volcano of Fire") is one of the most active volcanoes in the world and is located 44 kilometres (27 mi) from Guatemala City. [2] It is a stratovolcano that has had more than 60 eruptions since 1524, including a major eruption in 1974 which produced pyroclastic flows and ashfall that destroyed the region's winter harvest and caused roof collapse and infrastructure ...
The film was originally made in 2010 but has has been circulating recently and currently has over 24 million views on YouTube. Related: See more incredible sinkhole photos: