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      • The 2007 Guatemala City sinkhole was formed by fluid from a sewer eroding uncemented volcanic ash, limestone, and other pyroclastic deposits underlying Guatemala City. The hazards around the pipe have since then been mitigated, by improved handling of the city's wastewater and runoff.
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  3. www.atlasobscura.com › places › the-great-guatemalanGreat Guatemalan Sinkhole – Guatemala City, Guatemala - Atlas ...

    Jun 12, 2013 · On Sunday, May 30, 2010, an enormous hole, 60 feet wide and 30 stories deep, opened up in the middle of Guatemala City, swallowing a three-story building, a home, and local reports claimed that...

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  4. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › 2010_Guatemala_City_sinkhole2010 Guatemala City sinkhole - Wikipedia

    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.

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  6. www.vanityfair.com › news › 2010What Caused the Guatemala Sinkhole, and Why Is it so Round?

    Jun 2, 2010 · Holes often occur when the dissolution of bedrock results in a surface depression that collects water. As the depression gathers more water, the water leaks downward and eats away at more...

  7. www.nationalgeographic.com › science › articleGuatemala Sinkhole Created by Humans, Not Nature

    Jun 5, 2010 · The Guatemala City sinkhole, estimated to be 60 feet (18 meters) wide and 300 feet (100 meters) deep, appears to have been triggered by the deluge from tropical storm Agatha.

  8. www.snopes.com › fact-check › guatemala-sinkholeDid a Human-Created Sinkhole Open in Guatemala? | Snopes.com

    Oct 9, 2019 · A burst sewer pipe or storm drain probably hollowed out the underground cavity that allowed the chasm to form, according to Sam Bonis, a geologist at Dartmouth College in New Hampshire, who is...

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  10. www.atlasobscura.com › articles › curious-fact-ofCurious Fact of the Week: The Sinkholes of Guatemala City

    Sep 16, 2013 · An enormous, 30-story-deep hole in the middle of Guatemala City. You never want to think that the ground could just suddenly gape open beneath you and swallow your neighborhood whole, yet...

  11. www.nationalgeographic.com › science › articlePictures: Guatemala Sinkhole Adds to World's Famous Pits

    Jun 5, 2010 · The sinkhole that opened up in Guatemala adds to the chasms—natural and human-induced—that have appeared from Alabama to Iceland.

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