2007 Guatemala City sinkhole

Sinkhole in Guatemala City November 2022 2010 Guatemala City sinkhole 14 39 1.40 N 90 29 25 W title The 2007 Guatemala City sinkhole is a 100 m ft on deep sinkhole which formed in Guatemala City in 2007, due to sewage pipe ruptures. Its collapse caused the deaths of five people, and the evacuation of over a thousand. Formation The sinkhole was created by fluid from a sewer eroding uncemented volcanic ash, limestone, and other pyroclastic deposits underlying Guatemala City.Waltham T. Sinkhole hazard case histories in karst terrains Quarterly Journal of Engineering Geology and Hydrogeology 2008 41 3 291–300 10.1144/1470-9236/07-211 128585380 https://caves.org/pub/journal/PDF/v69/cave-69-01-103.pdf Halliday W. R. 2007 Pseudokarst in the 21st century Journal of Cave and Karst Studies 69 1 103–113 The hazards around the pipe have since then been mitigated, by improved handling of the city's wastewater and runoff,http://news.discovery.com/earth/dont-call-the-guatemala-sinkhole-a-sinkhole.htm Don't Call The Guatemala Sinkhole a Sinkhole Jun 4, 2010 2013-05-06 Reilly Michael 2013-10-29 https://web.archive.org/web/20131029001440/http://news.discovery.com/earth/dont-call-the-guatemala-sinkhole-a-sinkhole.htm dead and plans to develop on the site have been proposed. However, critics believe municipal authorities have neglected needed maintenance on the city's aging sewerage system, and have speculated that more piping failures are likely to develop unless action is taken.Constantino Diaz-Duran http://www.thedailybeast.com/blogs-and-stories/2010-06-01/sinkhole-in-guatemala-city-might-not-be-the-last/ Sinkhole in Guatemala City Might Not Be the Last The Daily Beast 2010-06-01 2010-06-03 center|thumb|700px| 2007 Sinkhole Several rainstorms also contributed to the sinkhole's collapse, as stormwater percolated into the ground, further dissolving the rocks beneath Guatemala City. Citizens of Guatemala City near the sinkhole also reported hearing rumblings a few weeks before its collapse. The INSIVUMEH (Guatemala's seismology institute) had placed a seismic meter there before the disaster; a robotic camera system was supposed to enter the cavity, but the disaster occurred first.http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2007/02/070226-sinkhole-photo/ https://web.archive.org/web/20100604194036/http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2007/02/070226-sinkhole-photo dead 4 June 2010 Photo in the News: Giant Sinkhole Swallows Guatemala Homes National Geographic February 26, 2007 2013-05-05 Chamberlain Tedhttps://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna17303991 Third body pulled from giant sinkhole NBC News 2007-02-24 NBC 2013-05-05 Collapse On 23February2007, the sinkhole collapsed, forming a very large, deep circular hole with vertical walls and killing five people. Its location was in a poor neighbourhood in northeastern Guatemala City, at the intersection of 24 Avenida and 6 Calle.https://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/site-of-2007-guatemala-city-sinkhole/ Site of 2007 Guatemala City Sinkhole 2010-06-01 2013-05-05 This hole, which is classified by geologists as a "piping pseudokarst" feature, was 100 m in deep. As a result, one thousand people were evacuated from the area.David L. Miller https://www.cbsnews.com/news/massive-guatemala-sinkhole-kills-2-teens/ Massive Guatemala Sinkhole Kills 2 Teens CBS News 2009-07-04 2009-07-08 Police established a 500 yd m off on flip no-go zone around the sinkhole. The hole was later filled in with soil cement made from cement, limestone, and water known locally as lodocreto. $2.7 million was spent by the Guatemalan government in order to fill the sinkhole and to redirect sewage pipes around the area.http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/explainer/2010/06/how_to_fix_a_giant_sinkhole.html How To Fix a Giant Sinkhole Slate Magazine June 4, 2010 16 September 2013 Palmer Brian Broken stormwater drain led to Guatemala sinkhole References Category:2007 natural disasters Category:21st century in Guatemala City Category:21st-century sinkholes Category:2007 in Guatemala Category:Natural disasters in Guatemala Category:Landforms of Guatemala Category:Sinkholes of North America