Earth Changes and the Pole Shift
Sinkhole Incidents On the Rise
"Stretch zones primarily experience sinking ground, as the support in the rock strata is stretched thin. Thus, buildings implode and gas and water mains break." ZetaTalk
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What happens to rock layers under a diagonal pull, or being pulled apart? As can be seen during recent years, this has resulted in derailing trains, sinkholes suddenly appearing, gas and water main breaks, torn roadways and separating bridges. Despite the effect on man, crawling about on the surface of what they assume to be terra firma, these changes are superficial. When the pulling starts, weak points break and thereafter the plumbing and roadways hold, giving the impression that the pulling has stopped, but this is misleading. The North American continent is giving evidence that its rock layers are separating from each other, and sliding sideways in a diagonal, thus exposing portions of these layers to vent into the air above. If rock is being stressed, then where are the earthquake predictors giving evidence of this, the frantic animals, the static on the radio, the earthquake swarms? Rock in the stretch zone, pulling apart rather than compressing, does not emit the particles flows that animals and radios sense, nor register on instruments are tension and release quakes.
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"We have repeatedly stated that the Earth changes will not diminish, but will increase going into the pole shift.
This is not a lineal matter, as the closer Planet X comes to Earth, an inevitable path, the more the torque effect and the polar wobble where the N Pole of Earth is pushed away violently on a daily basis, occur. The wobble will become more pronounced, more violent. The plates are tugged back West of the Atlantic, pulled forward East of the Atlantic, during the daily rotation of the Earth. The North American continent is allowed to roll East during rotation while the S Pole is pulled West, creating the diagonal pull likely to trigger the New Madrid fault line into an adjustment, and soon. The N Pole is pushed away and allowed to bounce back, daily, as the Earth rotates, a wobble that puts stress on all fault lines when the plates are suddenly in motion, and suddenly stopped!
"As there is no other explanation for the effect on the stretch zone, lacking any earthquakes to blame, and as these stretch zone accidents will continue to emerge, and with ferocity, this is a certain clue to those on the fence, that the influence of Planet X is the cause. Or is it Global Warming?"
ZetaTalk Chat Q&A for April 13, 2013
"Sinkholes almost invariably form in areas subject to karst limestone cavern formation. Underground water flows eat away the limestone leaving vast caverns and caves, which often give scant indication above ground that a cavern lies below. Karst limestone rock formations have been mapped and are known, however, but since one never knows just where a cavern might have formed, this provides little help in predicting just where a sinkhole might form. Sinkholes open up when the rock is fractured due to stress from being in the stretch zone, from the bending of a plate, or due to torsion."
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Check your safe locations:
Khan
Pakistan: Sinkhole emerged on the Mall Road.
Jul 3, 2018
APP16-03 LAHORE: July 03 A view of sinkhole emerged on the Mall Road after heavy rain in the Provincial Capital.
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Jul 4, 2018
Khan
Ukraine: Huge sinkhole in Odessa.
Jul 8, 2018
The size of the pit is such that two cars can easily fit in it, so it was a miracle without the affected.
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Jul 9, 2018
Starr DiGiacomo
https://www.9news.com/article/weather/weather-colorado/crews-remove...
Crews remove SUV from 'massive' Sheridan sinkhole
KUSA - A woman was able to leap from her Toyota Rav4 before it was consumed by what Sheridan's police chief described as a "massive" sinkhole that opened up on West Oxford Avenue near Santa Fe Drive Tuesday afternoon.
A report by a Sheridan police officer describes the moments after the sinkhole opened on the eastbound lanes of the road. He described watching water completely filling the hole and submerging the SUV.
Sheridan Police Chief Mark Campbell said the storm pipe responsible for the sinkhole is owned by the City of Englewood.
Englewood Public Works worked to remove the vehicle on Wednesday morning. A tow truck then hauled it away.
The city of Englewood released a statement Wednesday afternoon calling the storm a 100-year event that created pressure the pipe that caused the sinkhole was not designed for.
"Our contractor, American Civil Constructors, are on scene now assessing what caused the pipes to fail last night," the city's statement reads.
Jul 25, 2018
Khan
Russia: A massive sinkhole was discovered in rural Nizhniy Novgorod.
Jul 26, 2018
Huge sinkhole appears in Russian countryside.
A massive sinkhole was discovered in rural Nizhniy Novgorod on Wednesday.
The karstic hole's diameter is about 32 metres (105 feet) and boasts a reported depth of some 50 metres (164 feet).
Jul 27, 2018
Khan
Mexico: Giant sinkhole measuring 16-FOOT wide appears in popular tourist beach.
Jul 28, 2018
The large sinkhole, measuring 5 metres in diameter (16 ft) and 3 metres (10 ft) deep, was seen on the popular tourist beach of Playa del Carmen.
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Jul 28, 2018
Khan
Chile: Alert for dangerous sinkhole in Chiloé: why these unexpected and creepy agueros occur.
Jul 31, 2018
The Socavón sinkhole threatens to cut the Dalcahue rural road in Chiloé.
Concern and fear exists among the inhabitants of Chiloé because of the huge cavern located in a rural area of Las Compuertas, between the communes of Castro and Dalcahue, which is being monitored by the authorities to prevent their eventual collapse.
The geographic fault is 12 meters away from the public road. The Provincial Department of Roads revised it on Friday of last week to know its status.
In this regard, in statements to the Star of Chiloe newspaper, MOP Seremi, James Fry, confirmed that despite the depth of the hole the risks of damaging the area of vehicular traffic are scarce.
"There is a large tunnel that from the height of the road to the lower part of the river is about thirty meters, and the tunnel still has some minor detachments from the vertical walls but until the minute what we can declare as a ministry is that it does not cover no emergency character, "said the authority.
Through social networks, the residents of the sector have manifested, realizing the concern they live daily for the gigantic hole.
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Aug 1, 2018
Khan
Sinkhole in India.
Aug 2, 2018
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Aug 3, 2018
Starr DiGiacomo
https://www.couriermail.com.au/news/queensland/fourmetre-sinkhole-t...
Four-metre sinkhole turns Bruce Highway into ‘nightmare’
A MASSIVE four metre sinkhole has caused major traffic delays on the Bruce Highway this morning.
The Department of Transport and Main Roads reported the sinkhole, on the Caloundra Road off ramp, which triggered an emergency closure, the Sunshine Coast Daily reports.
“There was an emergency closure of the Caloundra Road Interchange on-ramp to the Bruce Highway northbound,” the department reported.
“A three-four metre depression formed on the on-ramp.”
Caloundra Towing company said it had caused the road to “collapse”.
Motorist Steven Adam said the Bruce Hwy, Caloundra Road and Steve Irwin Way were “nightmares” this morning.
Traffic flow was heavily affected in both directions on the Bruce Hwy which only re-opened at 8.30am.
Aug 3, 2018
Starr DiGiacomo
https://www.wfmynews2.com/article/news/local/massive-sinkhole-in-ro...
Massive Sinkhole in Rockingham County; Officials Say It'll Take Weeks to Fix
MADISON, N.C. -- WFMY came across a huge sinkhole on Webb Road near Madison.
The Bridge Department was called to Webb Road around 4:00 p.m. Thursday to block off the road because of the potential dangers of the massive sinkhole.
Officials with the Bridge Department said three pipes under the road that are supposed to help carry water could not handle the pressure of an abundance of water from severe weather. The pipes cracked under the pressure, and the road was swept away in flood waters.
James Tilley has lived on Webb Road since 1979, and he said he hasn't seen anything like this in decades.
“In the early 80’s the state department of engineering said they was gonna take the bridge out, which they did, and they put three pipes in which was gonna carry the water," Tilley said. "Well you can see where the pipes are now and where the road is - it didn’t work.”
The department says it expects even more of the road to collapse because it has numerous cracks in it. They say it'll take weeks to fix. A portion of Webb Road will be closed because of it. Webb road is a residential area but luckily, there are no homes within the portion that's blocked off. Still, its an inconvenience according to those who live there.
"It'll take me longer to get where I need to go," Tilley said.
A farm right across the sinkhole on Webb Road is also suffering. Moses Sharpe's family tends to the tobacco farm and he said the rain and subsequent flooding has been devastating.
“They’ve been tending this they’re whole life and to have it destroyed in the matter of a night is mind blowing,” Sharpe said.
Sharpe said he estimates they lost $100,000 dollars worth because of flooding.
Aug 4, 2018
Khan
China: Harbin road collapsed, two cars fell into a 10-meter deep pit.
Aug 4, 2018
At about 14 o'clock on the afternoon of August 4, nearly 10 meters of road surface collapsed under the bridge of Zhengyi Road, Yuexing Street, Nangang District, Harbin City, Heilongjiang Province.
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Aug 5, 2018
Khan
Nigeria: How erosion killed three, threatens NNPC station, 12 other buildings in Asaba.
Aug 6, 2018
A gully erosion site that has cut off many road outlets behind the NNPC mega station in Asaba, Delta state, reportedly killed three persons on Sunday, while thirteen houses within the area caved in and were destroyed.
A resident of the area, Pastor Willie Abraham, who spoke to DAILY POST, said: “the dangers the erosion menace has caused to us here, all houses might soon cave in. It has destroyed many houses, and just on Sunday three persons died while trying to cross the locally-constructed bridge on top of the deep cut hole on the erosion-destroyed land. We are appealing to the state government to come to our aid”.
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Aug 7, 2018
Khan
New Zealand: Ten-metre sinkhole opens up in Taupō.
Aug 12, 2018
A large sinkhole that has opened up in Taupō after a water main broke could take weeks to fix.
Two teenage boys raised the alarm about 5.30pm yesterday after they noticed a water leak on Arrowsmith Avenue - between Chesham Avenue and Weka Road.
Emergency services were called and found water pouring down the gully and a significant part of the road washed out.
Up to 12 engineers and council staff are on site today to assess the damage left by the hole, which the council said was 10 metres by 8 metres and up to 8 metres deep.
"We've had damage to the water main, the council water storm water, and down through the gully we've had considerable amount of pumice that has washed down through," Taupō District Council water asset manager Tom Swindells said.
A couple of houses had had pumice wash through their sections and one of the properties had some go through their garage and lower floor area, he said.
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Aug 13, 2018
Khan
An aerial look of the massive sinkhole at the Tanger Outlets.
Aug 14, 2018
Aug 15, 2018
Khan
Tailand: Ayutthaya people cry! Road collapsed more than 1 meter.
Aug 16, 2018
Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya Province . Road accusations collapsed more than 1 meter deep.
The villagers of Moo 8, Frog district, Bang Bai district. Irrigation canal Bang Ban - Wat Bang Pla Mo Depth 1 meter long and about 100 meters from the checkpoint. The street is actually collapsed. There are only dirt roads pouring over and warning signs are on the streets.
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Aug 17, 2018
Khan
Mexico: Abandoned mine tunnel blamed for sinkhole putting houses at risk.
Aug 16, 2018
A large part of a Guerrero town is at risk of caving in due to the tunnels of an old mine.
The first red flag in Pinzán Morado, located in the municipality of Coyuca de Catalán, was a sinkhole that appeared on July 1. In the rainy month and half since then, it has grown to a diameter of 40 meters and a depth of 100.
Residents of of seven nearby homes have had to evacuate, while 30 more dwellings are at risk. Their occupants have started to move their belongings, fearing the worst.
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Aug 17, 2018
Khan
More than 120 sites are under the threat of a landslide In Sevastopol.
Aug 21, 2018
This was announced during the meeting in the government of the city. about. deputy governor of the Russian government of Sevastopol, Vladimir Tatarchuk.
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Aug 22, 2018
Khan
Huge gaps formed in the middle of the field, farmers are afraid to go to processing.
Aug 20, 2018
Landslide processes and soil displacement occur in the village of Kholodnaya Balka in Belyaevsky district, which leads to soil failures.
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Aug 22, 2018
Khan
Canada: Giant sinkhole opens up in Oxford, Nova Scotia.
Aug 20, 2018
Oxford residents got a bit of a shock late Monday evening when a small sinkhole in the popular Lions Park got a lot bigger.
Mark Rushton was playing catch with his son in the park while his wife participated in a yoga class inside the Lions Centre when he heard a whump and felt the ground vibrate.
"I had just dropped my wife off for her yoga class and my son was going to go for a swim in the lake but it was too chilly so we decided to throw the ball around," Rushton said. "I just heard the rush of water and didn't think too much of it and then I felt the thump so I went to investigate."
Rushton said a part of the park was already cordoned off, but the hole had gotten much wider and a lot deeper. He estimated it was 30 to 40 feet wide in one place and more than 30 feet deep.
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Aug 22, 2018
Khan
Mexico: Laguna Chakanbakán disappears by sinkholes in one day.
Aug 22, 2018
The affected area covers between 15 and 20 hectares where only one layer of mud remained.
Mexico.- The Chakanbakán lagoon located in the Nicolás Bravo ejido of the municipality of Othón P. Blanco in the state of Quintana Roo, disappeared in 24 hours due to the emergence of a geological fault that formed six sinkholes where the water leaked.
In addition the appearance of cracks collapsed the trees of the surroundings and caused that the fauna fled from the place, in the zone it was only a pool with some lizards, in spite of the fact that there lived five species of felines in danger of extinction like the jaguar, the ocelot , the tigrillo, the cougar and the jaguarundi.
The lagoon is located two and a half kilometers from the Caobas-Nuevo Bécar road in the middle of the Calakmul Biosphere Reserve and the Om Om lake natural reserve that houses the Jaguar Sanctuary where UNAM scientists work together with ejidatarios in an ecotourism project.
The ejidatarios had managed one million 200 thousand pesos to build infrastructure for camping services, a trailer park, as well as cabins, besides the lagoon was used for canoeing by the guests of the Explorean Kohunlich hotel.
The reports indicate that on Sunday the ejidatarios heard a rumble after it opened a crack from where smoke would have formed and a whirlpool formed where the water ran away
"We had never seen anything like it before, the earth was opened, we believe it was a kind of tremor," declared the ejido commissar of Laguna Om, Leopoldo Santos.
Atilano López, commissioner of the ejidal brigade said that they await the authorities' diagnosis of the causes and guard the area to prevent looting of the flora and fauna.
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Aug 23, 2018
Starr DiGiacomo
http://www.wmcactionnews5.com/story/38948034/city-sanitation-truck-...
City sanitation truck swallowed in road collapse
Thursday, August 23rd 2018, 12:15 pm EDT
MISSISSIPPI COUNTY, AR (KAIT) -
An Osceola sanitation truck was swallowed in a reported road collapse Thursday.
According to Steve Choals, head of the Osceola Sanitation Department, it happened at the intersection of East Keiser and Carthon Drive.
Choals said there was a washout beneath the road and the weight of the city sweeper caused it to cave in.
It took crews about an hour and a half to get it out.
Choals told Region 8 News the city’s water department is working to fix the broken water line that caused the washout.
Choals said that should take a few hours. Once the line is fixed, the street department will go in an fill in the road.
Aug 24, 2018
Khan
Oxford sinkhole is still growing.
Aug 24, 2018
A sinkhole in Lions Park in Oxford is continuing to get bigger.
A sinkhole at a popular Oxford park is continuing to expand.
“It looks like it has grown quite a bit since yesterday,” Oxford resident Shaun Whalen said Friday. “This thing has swallowed entire trees. They’re gone, it’s like they were chewed up.”
Representatives from the provincial Energy and Mines Department are continuing to monitor the sinkhole and stress that people should stay clear of the park.
It has been barricaded since a small sinkhole in the Lions Park got much bigger earlier this week.
Security tape surrounds the perimeter of the park and there have been officials from the town on site reminding people that it’s dangerous to enter.
Amy Tizzard, regional geologist with Energy and Mines, said the sinkhole is still a developing situation. There is no indication of when it’s going to stabilize. She reassured people that the rest of the town is on a different geological formation and will not be affected.
She wouldn’t speculate on the danger to the Lions Community Centre or businesses across the street.
“It’s still a developing situation that we are continuing to monitor very closely,” Tizzard said.
Earlier this week, Tizzard said the park is situated on top of a gypsum deposit. That deposit is limited to the area around the park and a few kilometres to the west.
She is asking anyone who notices other incidents of subsidence or the development of additional sinkholes to contact the department.
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Aug 25, 2018
Khan
Gigantic sinkhole in western Iran.
Aug 27, 2018
A giant sinkhole of about 60 metres in depth and one kilometre square appeared on August 19 near Kerdabad, a small village in Hamadan province in western Iran.
Aug 28, 2018
KM
http://strangesounds.org/2018/08/from-gopher-hole-to-large-pond-gia...
From gopher hole to large pond: Giant growing sinkhole fills up with water in Oxford, Nova Scotia, Canada (video)
From gopher hole to large pond: Officials have called in some high-tech equipment to Oxford to determine how big a massive sinkhole is likely to get. The sinkhole is expanding toward a road a gas station and a coffee shop that could also get swallowed by this crater growing underground. Very preoccupating!
A giant sinkhole is growing in Oxford, Nova Scotia since July 2018.
The huge crater is now 34 meters long and 28.5 meters wide.
The sinkhole in Oxford was first discovered by the end of July and was called a gopher hole at that time. Now it has grown to an amazing 34 meters long and 28.5 meters wide… A large pond.
The sinkhole looks like a large pond full of water
And it is still expanding toward the parking lot, with new cracks in the asphalt appearing every day.
Passed the parking lot, there is a very busy road a gas station and Tim Hortons coffee shop. And if it becomes compromised, it will be shut down.
If the sinkhole grows closer to the gas station, it may also trigger evacuations. But we are not there at this point. The site is currently secured 24 hours a day.
The giant hole is bordering a parking lot and grows toward a gas station, a coffee shop and a main road.
The hole may trigger evacuations if the continues growing at this rate!
Sep 1, 2018
Khan
Mexico: A FOOTBALL pitch has been left in utter ruin after a giant sinkhole formed in the centre of the field.
Sep 03, 2018
The affected pitch, in Cuajimalpa de Morelos, Mexico, now sports a gigantic sinkhole, well over six metres deep.
Fortunately, no one was playing on the field at the time when the hole first appeared - with no injuries as yet reported.
The affected area is home to several power towers and had to be cordoned off to prevent further incident.
Meanwhile, another sinkhole was also reported in the nearby area of Bosque de Canelos.
According to official sources, the hole occurred in a private residence close to a 13-storey block of flats.
The sinkhole is also believed to have formed following an underground pipe leak.
An 18-metre tree was also damaged as the sinkhole formed, according to local media.
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Sep 4, 2018
Khan
Nigeria: A Massive Sinkhole Opened Up In Niger State Road.
Sep 04, 2018
A spectacular sinkhole the length of one football field and the depth of a six-story building has opened up in Niger State the largest state in the country.
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Sep 5, 2018
Khan
Spain: A hole of considerable dimensions opens on a plot near the road from Cancienes to Taujo.
Sep 05, 2018
The neighbors of the parish corverana de Solís today have taken a good scare after checking as in one of the land that is next to the road that joins Cancienes with Taujo suddenly appeared a hole of considerable dimensions.
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Sep 6, 2018
Khan
Indonesia: Starting with a sudden loud bang, the land in Sukabumi Ambles in the form of round holes.
Sep 07, 2018
TRIBUNLAMPUNG.CO.ID, SUKABUMI - The community in Kadudampit Subdistrict, Sukabumi Regency, West Java was excited by a hole about 4 meters in diameter in the community's rice field, since Thursday (6/9/2018).
Until Friday (7/9/2018) morning, a number of residents still came to the location of the hole at Jalan Cipetir, Kampung Legoknyenang RT 05 RW 02, Sukamaju Village, local district.
The information compiled by Kompas.com at the scene, this one hole occurred due to the land falling below it.
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Sep 8, 2018
Khan
Egypt: A sudden drop occurred in a deep pit about 37 km from the town of Ras Sidr.
Sep 09, 2018
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Sep 10, 2018
Khan
India: 20-foot deep sinkhole opens up in Nanpura area-Tv9 Gujarati.
Sep 11, 2018
Sep 12, 2018
Khan
Mexico: Sinkhole in Chiapas.
Sep 15, 2018
Presumably, heavy rains caused a sinkhole in the corn field in the Roblada Grande ejido in the municipality of Villaflores.
Municipal Civil Protection authorities in coordination with ejidal authorities arrived at the site to verify the finding in which it is presumed that the sinkhole of approximately 15 meters in diameter by 8 meters of collapse was caused by heavy rains recorded in the last hours.
However, locals are frightened by the sinking of the land that at the moment another appeared in the cornfields.
Municipal Civil Protection elements carried out the corresponding work leaving the area cordoned off as state authorities assess the sinking of land that has generated panic to the population encircled by this phenomenon.
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Sep 16, 2018
Khan
Sinkhole opens up on campus of Florida university
Sep 17, 2018
The hole opened on a grassy area of the Stetson University campus in DeLand; no buildings are at risk.
Stetson University in DeLand, Fla., says that a 25-foot-wide sinkhole has opened on its campus.
The Orlando Sentinel reports that city engineers and a geotechnical expert have evaluated the opening, which the city reported to Stetson officials at about 9 a.m. Monday.
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Sep 18, 2018
Khan
Tailand: Large sinkhole in Nong Bua Lam Phuu.
Sep 18, 2018
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Sep 19, 2018
Khan
China: Massive hole kills 5 people in the Chinese city of Shenzhen.
Sep 23, 2018
Five people have died after a 10-meter-wide sinkhole opened at the gates of an industrial estate in Shenzhen, a booming Chinese city in the south, neighboring Hong Kong.
The Longgang district government of Shenzhen said on its verified page on Sina Weibo, the Chinese version of Twitter, that five people had died and added that it was investigating the incident.
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Sep 24, 2018
Khan
Ireland: Sinkholes cause County Monaghan GAA club closure.
Sep 24, 2018
Several sinkholes have opened up at a Gaelic football club in County Monaghan, severely damaging pitches and causing cracks in the clubhouse.
The sinkholes are thought to have been caused by the partial collapse of an old mine beneath Magheracloone Mitchells GAA club.
Large fissures in the pitch and cracks in the clubhouse are evident in pictures posted on social media.
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Sep 25, 2018
Khan
Sep 26, 2018
jorge namour
Sinkholes close in on Turkish towns in Central Anatolia
SEPTEMBER 26 2018
http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/photo-sinkholes-close-in-toward-tu...
MAP: https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anatolia
Sep 26, 2018
Khan
Nigeria: See Massive Sinkhole In Ilorin.
Sep 28, 2018
Sep 29, 2018
Khan
Ireland: Extent of sinkhole damage at Monagahan GAA club revealed in new pictures.
Oct 01, 2018
DRAMATIC new pictures have revealed the devastation caused by a sinkhole at a Co Monaghan GAA club.
Last week it is believed the collapse of a disused gypsum mine triggered the creation of the large sinkhole, running the full-length of a pitch at Magheracloone Mitchells GAC.
The collapse forced the evacuation of Drumgossatt National primary school near Carrickmacross and caused extensive damage to the grounds and buildings at the club.
Now new pictures have emerged from the weekend showing the extent of the damage on the pitch and grounds, with the sinkhole stretching down several feet and the subsidence almost taking one of the manager's dugouts with it.
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Oct 2, 2018
Khan
South Korea: Large sinkhole in Ulsan.
Oct 07, 2018
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Oct 8, 2018
Starr DiGiacomo
https://www.newsweek.com/four-dead-including-father-and-son-after-s...
Four People Dead after Massive Sidewalk Sinkhole Swallows Them
Four people died after being swallowed by a giant sinkhole in China on Sunday, authorities said today, following an unsuccessful bid to save two missing victims.
The ground opened up without warning in a district of Dazhou city, Sichuan province, at around 2:30 p.m. local time on October 7, state media said. Footage published online, some taken from a CCTV camera in a nearby shop, revealed the moment of sudden collapse.
It showed people tumbling to the ground as the 10ft-wide sinkhole opened. In another clip, two firefighters are seen scrambling for their lives during a second collapse on Sunday.
According to Yahoo7, the first victim was located at just after midnight on Monday, roughly 10 hours after the incident occurred. The second person was discovered some nine hours later. Both individuals were later declared dead by paramedics, the first while traveling to hospital.
Responders found the first victims 6.5 meters (21 ft) below ground, the South China Morning Post (SCMP) reported today. Excavators later burrowed to up to 8 meters.
CNN identified the remaining two victims as a “father and his 11-year-old son.” The pair were found deceased on Tuesday afternoon after a two-day search by rescue teams.
"The biggest difficulty is that the road surface is thick with a large amount of soil," Gao Mingyue, an official at the fire service, previously told China Central Television (via CNN).
Authorities said electric wires and gas pipelines underground had slowed their efforts.
Mingyue continued: “When we arrived, the caved-in area was not big, which only covered two meters both in length and depth. But during the rescue process, it collapsed again, causing another two-meter sink. Firefighters at once evacuated while doing the rescue work.”
Dozens of firefighters were involved in the operation and authorities had evacuated hundreds of buildings, according to the SCMP. The catalyst of the collapse remained unknown Tuesday.
Oct 10, 2018
KM
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-6343583/The-bubblin...
The start of the San Andreas fault is hit by the 'slow one': Sunken sinkhole of bubbling mud is moving across Salton Sea destroying everything in its path
It is the beginning of the San Andreas fault, where experts fear 'The Big One' could begin.
But a small, bubbling pool of mud that stinks of rotting eggs near the Salton Sea is causing concern.
Dubbed 'the slow one', experts studying the phenomenon say it is similar to a 'moving sinkhole' - and is speeding up, destroying everything in its path.
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Dubbed 'the slow one', experts studying the water, in Niland near the Salton Sea, have found it is speeding up at an alarming rate - and aren't sure why
The moving mudpot: In the past 11 years, the geyser has moved slowly however recently the rate of movement has increased and has been encroaching on the railroad. However, was only in the last six months that it picked up enough speed that it began to pose a threat to man-made infrastructure.
Imperial County officials studying the muddy spring say it has has been increasing in speed through - first 60 feet over a few months, and then 60 feet in a single day.
This natural-occurring geyser has been in existence since 1953, but recently began moving. It is releasing water and carbon dioxide.
However, was only in the last six months that it picked up enough speed that it began to pose a threat to man-made infrastructure.
Earlier this year, local officials declared it an emergency as it approached railroad tracks.
'It's a slow-moving disaster,' Alfredo Estrada, Imperial County's fire chief and emergency services coordinator, told the LA Times.
'In the past 11 years, the geyser has moved slowly however recently the rate of movement has increased and has been encroaching on the railroad,' the County of Imperial said in a statement.
The County of Imperial made the first emergency declaration on June 26 as it began moving towards the Union Pacific Railroad (UPRR) railroad tracks, SR -111, and buried utilities in the area.
It has already forced Union Pacific Railroads to move their trains to alternate tracks.
Nov 2, 2018
Starr DiGiacomo
https://www.jqknews.com/news/93188-Road_collapse_accident_occurred_...
Road collapse accident occurred in Guiyang, Guizhou, where two cars were swallowed up.
The staff are repairing the scene of the accident.
White Volkswagen SUV lost much.
About 10:30 a.m. yesterday, a road collapse accident happened at the junction of Jianan Road in Baiyun District, Guiyang. The collapse area was about 10 square meters and the depth was about 3 meters. The collapsed pit just engulfed an off-road vehicle and a car parked on the roadside. Fortunately, the accident did not cause casualties.
At 2:30 p.m., when the reporter arrived at the scene, the collapsed position was surrounded by a yellow isolation board. He walked into the isolation board, which was four or five meters long, three or four meters wide and two or three meters deep. The deep pit was particularly dazzling. The white off-road vehicle swallowed up by the crane was being lifted and the left body was damaged to varying degrees.
Thats a loud voice. A staff member at a nearby drugstore revealed that he was grabbing medicine for customers when a muffled sound came out of the door. At first, people thought there had been a rear-end accident. When everyone came out to look at it, they found a big hole collapsed on the roadside, and a Mazda car and a VW off-road vehicle all dropped out. Next, the two cars are stacked together.
Another witness also said that after the collapse of the road surface, they rushed to the collapse site for the first time to check. After observing and shouting, they found no one in the two cars. At this time, everyones suspense was lowered.
At the scene, the owner, Ms. Yu, said that after 10:00 a.m., they stopped by the roadside and went to a nearby hospital to see a doctor. About 20 minutes later, when they returned to their parking position, the road had collapsed. Their car just fell into a deep pit. On the top of their car, a red Mazda car. Ride on its body, the damage to the red car is not serious, the car itself is annoyed. Fortunately, there was no one in the car at that time. Ms. Yu was glad to say that the consequences would be unthinkable if the drivers cab had not been left for another 20 minutes. At 3 p.m., when both vehicles were hoisted out of the deep pit, the builder had arranged for a mixer to fill the mixing sand. For this reason, the slow lane from the Dashan cave to Mai Jia town was blocked. Source: Colorful Guizhou Network - Guizhou Metropolitan Daily Author: Tian Rusen, Chiu Lingfeng, Responsible Editor: Ji Guojie_NBJ11143
At the scene, the owner, Ms. Yu, said that after 10:00 a.m., they stopped by the roadside and went to a nearby hospital to see a doctor. About 20 minutes later, when they returned to their parking position, the road had collapsed. Their car just fell into a deep pit. On the top of their car, a red Mazda car. Ride on its body, the damage to the red car is not serious, the car itself is annoyed.
Fortunately, there was no one in the car at that time. Ms. Yu was glad to say that the consequences would be unthinkable if the drivers cab had not been left for another 20 minutes.
At 3 p.m., when both vehicles were hoisted out of the deep pit, the builder had arranged for a mixer to fill the mixing sand. For this reason, the slow lane from the Dashan cave to Mai Jia town was blocked.
Nov 8, 2018
Starr DiGiacomo
https://www.foxcarolina.com/news/scdot-drain-pipe-collapse-causes-l...
SCDOT: Drain pipe collapse causes large sink hole to open up at gas station off Haywood Rd.
Greenville, SC (FOX Carolina) - Greenville police said Haywood Road was closed at Airport Road heading toward Laurens Road Friday morning after an SUV-sized sinkhole opened at the entrance to the Kangaroo gas station.
Josh Rowe, a maintenance engineer with the SCDOT, said he was called out about 7:30 a.m.
Rowe said a drain pipe collapse caused the sinkhole to open. He said the dirt surrounding the pipe likely washed away, causing the pipe to collapse under the weight of the concrete surface above it.
The drain pipe was on gas station property and the DOT believes it will be the gas station's responsibility to repair.
The damage is not affected the road. Rowe said the damage starts at the sidewalk and then back onto the gas station property.
Rowe said crews inspected the road and determined it was structurally sound, but the lane closest to the hole on Haywood Road will be closed until the hole is fixed.
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https://www.foxcarolina.com/news/massive-washout-on-bruce-road-impa...
Massive washout on Bruce Road impacts local shipping company
Greenville, SC (FOX Carolina) - Thursday morning some employees of a local business arrived to work to discover a massive surprise.
Central Freight lines, a trucking company that services the Greenville, Spartanburg area, is currently trying to figure out what to do for their deliveries after a sinkhole opened trapping their shipping trucks in their property.
We're told that no one was hurt and employees can come and go, but because of where they park their shipping trucks, they have no way to access that part of the property to resume business as usual.
The Gannt Fire Department was on scene and confirmed to our crew that a creek that flows under a bridge on the property has had flooding issues in the past.
Because the sinkhole happened on private property, we're told it will be the businesses responsibility to fix it.
Nov 17, 2018
KM
https://www.coastreporter.net/news/local-news/seawatch-gets-another...
Seawatch gets another sinkhole
Another sinkhole has formed at Sechelt’s Seawatch neighbourhood and is within throwing distance from a cluster of sinkholes that developed previously, including one in September.
The new sinkhole is located on vacant property, owned by developer Concordia, on the 6600 block of Seawatch Lane and measures approximately six metres (20 feet) wide with a cavernous interior and a depth of approximately six metres.
An excavator was on scene the morning of Dec. 27 to fill in the hole with rocks. The road remains open.
First responders have been made aware of the sinkhole, according to Rob Michael, interim emergency program coordinator for the Sunshine Coast. He was notified on Boxing Day. “At this point in time, first responders have been pre-notified in case the situation worsens,” he said.
“Currently the situation is well in hand with District of Sechelt staff, including an overnight watch in the area,” said Michael in an email. He also said Emergency Management BC and nearby residents have been alerted.
That did not include Elliott Held of Gale Avenue North, who lives downhill from the sinkhole and next to a condemned home from which residents were forced to leave after a sinkhole formed on the property. Held said he was notified on Dec. 24 by another resident, but as of Dec. 27 he had not been contacted by the District of Sechelt or the developer.
“We’re kind of on the perch,” said Held, who said he hasn’t been given any information about the current situation. “The only thing we know is that they’re filling that hole.”
The sinkholes are the product of geotechnical issues that began appearing in 2012, and that have required the district to close off sections of the road, resulted in a denial of occupancy permit for a nearby home, and forced a family to leave after their home was condemned. The debacle has also led to lawsuits against the developer and the District of Sechelt and a separate lawsuit between the district and the developer.
Jan 1, 2019
Yvonne Lawson
Experts have been called in to investigate the massive 30-ft wide and 20ft deep hole in a Scotland field
A sinkhole opened up in the field in Midlothian, Scotland. The area has had problems with the holes before
A huge 30ft-wide and 19ft (6metre) deep sinkhole has opened up in a field, starting a hurried investigation by the Coal Authority.
The public safety and subsidence team at the Coal Authority were alerted to the massive hole, in a field in Midlothian, Scotland, after the landowner spotted it on Friday.
Coal Authority bosses have already sealed the area off and will visit the site in the coming weeks to inspect the hole.
It is believed the sinkhole is related to an abandoned mine known as the Roslin Colliery.
James Hammond, regional project manager for the public safety and subsidence team at the Coal Authority, said: 'In December 2018, we received a report of a hole in a field in North Midlothian.
'Our regional team responded quickly to erect fencing to secure the area.
'We will be undertaking thorough investigations to determine the cause of this incident.
Read more: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6606709/Investigation-unde...
Jan 18, 2019
Juan F Martinez
Madrid, SPAIN Enormous sinkhole opens up February 10, 2019
https://movisis.org/2019/02/10/enorme-socavon-se-abre-en-madrid-esp...
Feb 10, 2019
Juan F Martinez
Iquique, CHILE various sinkholes open up 2-8-2019
https://www.facebook.com/LaNuevaEraDeLaTierra2/videos/1161247400691...
Feb 10, 2019
KM
https://vancouversun.com/news/local-news/sinkholes-plagued-sechelt-...
Sinkholes-plagued Sechelt neighbourhood on evacuation alert
'The (engineers) basically said that somebody's going to die,' says Sechelt District spokeswoman Julie Rogers.Fourteen homes in a Sechelt neighbourhood plagued by sinkholes have been placed on evacuation alert by the district.
A new engineering study received by the District of Sechelt this week concluded homes in the Seawatch neighbourhood near a massive new sinkhole are not safe to occupy.
Geotechnical instability has resulted in multiple sinkholes in the area of North Gale Avenue and Seawatch Lane, with “the potential of danger to life and health,” the warning reads.
Residents have been told to get packed and be ready to go.
“The (engineers) basically said that somebody’s going to die,” said district spokeswoman Julie Rogers.
A 25-metre deep sinkhole opened up without warning on or around Boxing Day that was “big enough to swallow a car.” After a drilling investigation, Thurber Engineering recommended that the district should not allow occupancy of the residences in the area.
“… [T]he sinkhole hazard is increasing with time and is not confined to locations where sinkholes have occurred previously,” the Thurber report reads. “There is a very high probability of at least one sinkhole collapse each year based on the recent history of the site.”
Residents said they were told Thursday evening that an order to evacuate could come as early as Friday afternoon.
Once that order is enacted, residents who leave their homes will not be allowed to return to their homes until the order is lifted, said homeowner Rod Goy.
Neighbours are concerned that once they leave, they may never be allowed to return to their homes, he said.
“We are sitting on pins and needles right now waiting for the other shoe to drop,” said Goy.
Much of the Seawatch area has been closed to vehicle traffic for months because of the subsidence of the roadbeds, leaving homeowners to walk to their homes past large concrete barriers.
The instability of the area has left homeowners with houses that cannot be sold and that could soon be uninhabitable.
One home has already been condemned after a sinkhole opened up under the foundation of the home, leaving the Storey family paying a mortgage on a home they aren’t allowed to enter.
“We moved here to live in our dream home and now we can’t even go inside,” said Ross Storey. “We are still paying a $450,000 mortgage and property taxes.”
Rod and Donna Goy’s home is not damaged, but they are surrounded by craters, failing roads and broken sewers.
Storey’s efforts to seek compensation have so far failed.
After mediation failed, the Storeys filed suit against the District of Sechelt, the developer Concordia Seawatch, 14 engineering firms, home insurer Travelers Guarantee and five real estate agents, among others.
Greg and Gerry Latham’s $1-million home is just a few metres from a sinkhole that opened up in 2012, swallowing a car.
“We had an independent appraisal done, but due to the special circumstances they said our house is now worth zero,” said Greg.
The Lathams dropped out of the lawsuit after it became clear they could not hope to recover their loss, because their house is so far undamaged.
An earlier assessment by Thurber Engineering noted that wet zones, spontaneous springs and sinkholes developed during site preparation for building in 2008.
“These issues were ongoing throughout construction and are documented in the available geotechnical information,” the report said.
Engineering studies of the area dating back to 1988 noted the potential for soil instability, but generally concluded the site could be used for dwellings.
The district has filed suit against Concordia to recover $500,000 in municipal repair costs.
In approving the development, the district entered into a covenant in 2008 with Concordia stating the “Municipality has no specific knowledge and makes no representations or warranties regarding the geotechnical adequacy of the lands for the proposed uses,” according to the District’s notice of civil claim.
Concordia has built and sold 15 homes in Seawatch and holds 14 more empty lots and one empty home that may never be occupied.
Feb 13, 2019
Juan F Martinez
Caught on Camera: Hole opens up on St. Louis street, Part of school bus sinks into it 2-21-2019
ST LOUIS, Mo. - The city's streets department said they have covered up a hole in the street near the intersection of Potomac and Illinois in south St. Louis after part of a school bus slid into it.
The incident happened on Wednesday morning. A resident who lives in the area caught the incident on surveillance footage.
The Metropolitan Sewer District said staff will be coming out to the area on Friday to get a look underneath the hole.
Nobody was injured in the incident and the bus was able to pull out of the hole without having to be towed.
https://fox2now.com/2019/02/21/caught-on-camera-hole-opens-up-in-so...
Feb 23, 2019
Starr DiGiacomo
https://wsbt.com/news/local/berrien-county-bus-falls-into-sinkhole
Benton Harbor, Michigan bus falls into sinkhole
by WSBT 22
Friday, March 1st 2019
On Friday Benton Harbor Mayor Marcus Muhammad posted these photos to Facebook that show a bus that fell into a sinkhole.
This occurred between 3:30 PM and 3:45 PM on Highland Ave. near Nowlen Street.
Muhammad wrote, "The Bus that was caught in the sink hole was towed away. Thank God there was no injuries. The cause of the sink hole was that a water main broke under the road which weakened the street and caused it to collapse. Emergency funds from the City Income Tax will be used to repair the damage. The street is blocked off and staff is working to restore water for residents impacted by this circumstance.
Dr. Kevin Ivers, Berrien RESA Superintendent, issued the following message to parents:
"This afternoon, a First Student bus transporting Berrien RESA students to their homes in Benton Harbor was involved in a minor accident. While in route, the rear tires of the bus fell into a sinkhole. No one was injured during the incident. As always, student safety is our number one priority. Thank you to First Student's transportation personnel and local emergency officials for supporting our students during this situation."
Mar 2, 2019