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Jun 12, 2013 · At least one specialist thinks the sinkhole may have been caused by broken underground pipes gushing water underneath the building, and Guatemalan officials are rushing to find the pipe, stop...
[7] [8] The hazards around the pipe have since then been mitigated, by improved handling of the city's wastewater and runoff. [9] . Several rainstorms also contributed to the sinkhole's collapse, as stormwater percolated into the ground, further dissolving the rocks beneath Guatemala City. [10] [11] The 2010 sinkhole was formed for similar reasons.
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Jun 5, 2010 · Human activity, not nature, was the likely cause of the gaping sinkhole that opened up in the streets of Guatemala City on Sunday, a geologist says. A burst sewer pipe or storm drain probably...
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Instead of forming in karst terrain, the Guatemala City sinkhole formed in tephra terrain, a type of volcanic rock that is extremely susceptible to erosion. Beneath the city a sewer pipe leaked, allowing the soil above it to gradually be worn away.
Jun 3, 2010 · A huge sinkhole in Guatemala City (map), Guatemala, crashed into being on Sunday, reportedly swallowing a three-story building—and echoing a similar, 2007 sinkhole in Guatemala. The...
Sep 16, 2013 · Both sinkholes were blamed on a combination of the porous volcanic soil beneath Guatemala City, as well as recent rains (particularly Tropical Storm Agatha in 2010) and the deteriorating sewer...
Jun 2, 2010 · Natural depressions that collect water and man-made structures such as houses and streets with poor drainage are especially vulnerable to sinkholes. Heavy rainfall, like that from Tropical Storm...
