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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.
Blue Hole is a blue hole dive site off the western coast of Guam. It is variously described as "Guam’s signature natural feature dive," [1] "the most requested dive site on Guam," [2] and "one of Guam’s most popular divesites". [3] It is located in northern Agat Bay, just south of the entrance to Apra Harbor.
Earthquakes in Guam are infrequent but are often accompanied by tsunami. The small island, which is an unincorporated and organized territory of the United States, lies at the extreme southern end of the Mariana Islands and at the eastern margin of the Philippine Sea plate .
Sinkholes can range in size from a few feet wide to hundreds of acres, and anywhere from 1 to 100 feet or more deep. Sinkholes can swallow up cars, parts of roads and even houses.
The 2010 Guatemala City sinkhole was a disaster on 30 May 2010, in which an area approximately 20 m (65 feet) in diameter and 90 m (300 feet) deep collapsed in Guatemala City's Zona 2, swallowing a three-story factory.
List of shipwrecks: 7 January 2007 Ship State Description Hunter United States After suffering heavy icing, the 58-foot (17.7 m) fishing vessel capsized and sank in 10 minutes in the Shelikof Strait 2 nautical miles (3.7 km; 2.3 mi) east of Cape Igvak) on the south coast of the Alaska Peninsula in
A huge sinkhole in a street in Surrey is continuing to grow and swallow up more road, with the county council declaring a major incident. The original hole first appeared in Godstone High Street ...
It is, according to the National Park Service, "probably the most popular wreck diving site on Guam." [15] Over one thousand divers annually visit the wrecks. [9] The 90th anniversary of the Cormoran's scuttling in 2007 was marked by wreath-laying ceremonies and exhibits and lectures as War in the Pacific National Historic Park. [9]