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Nov 15, 2011 · In 2005, the residents and the neighborhoods of Zone 6 and Zone 2 in Guatemala City began to complain to the authorities about the rumbling and shaking in their homes. Guatemala is located in a seismic zone and has volcanic activity; these complaints were not taken seriously until February 22, 2007 when the first sinkhole collapse occurred in Zone 6. Many geologists, soils engineers, civil ...
Background On February 22, 2007, at approximately 8:40 p.m., a sinkhole collapse occurred in the intersection of two streets in Zone 6. The collapse was 30 m in diameter and 60 m deep. Five homes collapsed, three people died, one was wounded, 24 more were in danger and 450 had to be moved to shelters.
The Sewage Sinkhole of Guatemala City. On 30 May 2010 a large sinkhole appeared in the middle of Guatemala City, Guatemala. Though commonly called a sinkhole, what happened in Guatemala City was not, strictly speaking, a sinkhole. Experts called it a piping feature because the hole was not made by the same ecological processes as a sinkhole.
A sinkhole is a depression or hole in the ground caused by some form of collapse of the surface layer. The term is sometimes used to refer to doline, enclosed depressions that are also known as shakeholes, and to openings where surface water enters into underground passages known as ponor, swallow hole or swallet.
Jun 5, 2010 · The Guatemala sinkhole fits into a broader use of the term, which refers to any sudden slump of the ground's surface. Instead of solid bedrock, much of Guatemala City rests atop a layer of loose ...
They threaten water supplies by draining unfiltered water from streams, lakes and wetlands directly into aquifers. They kill and injure people. A person can be harmed when stepping into an existing sinkhole or when the ground beneath gives way during a sinkhole’s collapse. Sinkholes can cause structural damage and instability under buildings ...
Jul 26, 2018 · Guatemala "Sinkhole" An extreme example of a human-induced sinkhole occurred in Guatemala in late May 2010 when a 60 foot (18 meters) wide and 300 foot (100 meters) deep hole opened in Guatemala City. It is believed that the sinkhole was caused after a sewer pipe burst after tropical storm Agatha caused a surge of water to enter the pipe.
