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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.
Police established a 460-metre (500-yard) no-go zone around the sinkhole. [5] The hole was later filled in with soil cement made from cement, limestone, and water known locally as lodocreto. $2.7 million was spent by the Guatemalan government in order to fill the sinkhole and to redirect sewage pipes around the area. [9
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.
A temporary metal fence now blocks the street while engineers assess the scale of the damage and work out how to fill the hole. It is estimated to be about 30-40ft (9-12m) deep and 16ft (5m) wide.
The second sinkhole, which is 10 feet wide, appeared Monday, May 8, at the Cape Kiwanda State Natural Area near Pacific City, the Oregon Parks and Recreation Department said in a news release.
2007 Guatemala City sinkhole; 2010 Guatemala City sinkhole; 2015 Guatemala landslide; 2018 Volcán de Fuego eruption; F. May 1982 Central America floods;
The village is still investigating, but Collins said there's a direct correlation between the sinkhole and the village's 90-year-old sewer utility infrastructure in that area.
According to meteorologists in Guatemala, at least 14 in (360 mm) of rain had fallen by the evening of May 29. [26] Several landslides blocked roadways across southern areas of the country, hindering traffic. [27] Following the storm, a three-story building was swallowed by a 30-meter (100-ft) diameter sinkhole caused by Agatha's rainfall. [28 ...