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Massive sinkhole in Puebla continues to expand, now at 110 m (360 feet), Mexico
watchers.news ^ | 6/9/21 | Julie Celestial

Posted on 06/10/2021 7:09:30 PM PDT by Roman_War_Criminal

The enormous sinkhole in Puebla State, southeastern Mexico, has grown to 110 m (360 feet) in diameter as of Monday, June 7, 2021, prompting authorities to widen the security perimeter. The hole has already destroyed a nearby house's bedroom and part of a wall and is threatening to swallow the entire structure as continues to expand.

The sinkhole appeared in Santa María Zacatepec, in the town of Juan C. Bonilla, and is confirmed to be 9 m (30 feet) deep. It measured 80 m (262 feet) in diameter on May 29 and has grown rapidly ever since.

As of Monday, the sinkhole has grown another 13 m (43 feet), now measuring 110 m (360 feet) across at its widest point.

The Sánchez Xalamihua family, who owns the home near the sinkhole, said they heard a loud boom the day the sinkhole appeared.

"We heard something like a rumbling," Magdalena Xalamihua, the matriarch, told the media. "We thought it was fireworks, but we looked outside and saw the earth moving and water coming up, like waves. We ran."

She and her husband, along with their two children, had only just moved into the house in 2020.

(Excerpt) Read more at watchers.news ...


TOPICS: Miscellaneous; Outdoors; Science; Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: disasters; mexico; puebla; sinkhole
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1 posted on 06/10/2021 7:09:30 PM PDT by Roman_War_Criminal
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To: Roman_War_Criminal

Seems to me that Mexico is just one huge sinkhole.


2 posted on 06/10/2021 7:13:09 PM PDT by Gay State Conservative (Trump: "They're After You. I'm Just In The Way")
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To: Roman_War_Criminal

That’s a nice sized swimming pool.


3 posted on 06/10/2021 7:15:00 PM PDT by hercuroc
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To: Roman_War_Criminal; All

Imagine if all of Mexico

Got sucked into the earth

Imagine all the cartels

Buried in the dirt

Imagine all illegals

Plunging to the deep

Oooo eeee, ooo oooaaah

You may say I’m a MAGA

But I’m not the only one

I hope one day you’ll join us

And admit that Trump Won


4 posted on 06/10/2021 7:20:41 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; Not Averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: hercuroc

I’m wondering how deep it is to the bottom.


5 posted on 06/10/2021 7:20:42 PM PDT by Rurudyne (Standup Philosopher)
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To: Rurudyne

I bet there is a creek or river under the place. The limestone rock layer has just finally started collapsing. I wonder, is the slurry inside the sink hole like quicksand, or is it more muddy moving water?


6 posted on 06/10/2021 7:24:54 PM PDT by MHGinTN (A dispensation perspective is a powerful tool for discernment)
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To: Roman_War_Criminal
Very short video at this link, with some interesting sound...Yikes.

VIDEO Esta podría ser la causa del socavón en Puebla según el CENAPRED

7 posted on 06/10/2021 7:33:43 PM PDT by mewzilla (Those aren't masks. They're muzzles. )
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To: Rurudyne

No more than 7,917.5 miles.


8 posted on 06/10/2021 7:35:36 PM PDT by Larry Lucido (Donate! Don't just post clickbait!)
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To: Secret Agent Man

nice job


9 posted on 06/10/2021 7:37:34 PM PDT by plain talk
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To: plain talk

:)


10 posted on 06/10/2021 7:39:59 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; Not Averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: Roman_War_Criminal

Keep growing!!! Flush Mexico down the drain,


11 posted on 06/10/2021 7:53:52 PM PDT by Reno89519 (Buy American, Hire American! End All Worker Visa Programs. Replace Visa Workers w/ American Wo)
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To: Rurudyne

“I’m wondering how deep it is to the bottom.”

Here:

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/3966829/posts


12 posted on 06/10/2021 7:55:35 PM PDT by TexasGator (Z1z)
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To: Larry Lucido

“No more than 7,917.5 miles.”

7926.


13 posted on 06/10/2021 7:59:30 PM PDT by TexasGator (Z1z)
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To: TexasGator

9m is just to surface of the water. Not to the bottom of the hole.


14 posted on 06/10/2021 8:10:45 PM PDT by Rurudyne (Standup Philosopher)
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To: Roman_War_Criminal

More a pond than a hole. May end up being a lake.


15 posted on 06/10/2021 8:18:57 PM PDT by lurk ( )
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To: Roman_War_Criminal
Puebla State

Puebla? Is it the Sinkhole de Mayo?

16 posted on 06/10/2021 8:22:35 PM PDT by KarlInOhio (Police should refuse duty at NBA venues. Let them wallow in their desired chaos without police.)
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To: Roman_War_Criminal

Less lawn to mow!


17 posted on 06/10/2021 8:35:08 PM PDT by 17th Miss Regt
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To: Roman_War_Criminal

That looks like that Willie Brown’s spooge looking stuff on Kamel-Toe’s cookie faces!


18 posted on 06/10/2021 8:38:49 PM PDT by bobby.223 (Retired up in the snowy Mountains of the American Redoubt and it's a great life!)
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To: Roman_War_Criminal

3rd world sinkhole.


19 posted on 06/10/2021 8:43:26 PM PDT by FLvoter
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To: Roman_War_Criminal

Looks like a good place for holding illegal immigrants before they get processed in the US. Oops, Biden knocked that “Hold in Mexico” law/policy out the other day.

Nothing to say that the Mexican govt can’t use it. /sarc


20 posted on 06/10/2021 10:50:56 PM PDT by MadMax, the Grinning Reaper
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