Massive sinkhole in China swallows building
Look out, below. A massive sinkhole in Guangzhou, China, swallowed up buildings and knocked out power to thousands of residents.
According to Shanghaiist, the sinkhole is about 3,230 square feet and plenty deep. A video shows a crowd milling about the sinkhole before it expanded, causing a building to crumble as if it were detonated.
Neighboring buildings were evacuated and streets were blocked by police. "Gas could be smelt from over 30 metres away, and deafening noises could be heard as the land continued to crack and sink," the Shanghaiist reports.
Sinkholes are, unfortunately, nothing new. According to the U.S. Geological Survey, some sinkholes are human-induced. "New sinkholes have been correlated to land-use practices, especially from groundwater pumping and from construction and development practices." They also occur in areas where the rock beneath the land surface can be easily dissolved by groundwater.
video at the link
http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/lookout/massive-sinkhole-china-swallows-building-215523079.html
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Tsunami's give me nightmares..
This could be San Francisco if we had a major quake off the coast line, and there are fault lines there.
and the train stops in the trans-bay tube for a few minutes
I guess we could be vulnerable to both here, depending on the neighborhood. Knowing my luck, I'm at risk for both!
