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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.
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.
Jun 12, 2013 · Discover Great Guatemalan Sinkhole in Guatemala City, Guatemala: An enormous, 30-story-deep hole in the middle of Guatemala City.
Jun 3, 2010 · A huge sinkhole in Guatemala City (map), Guatemala, crashed into being on Sunday, reportedly swallowing a three-story building—and echoing a similar, 2007 sinkhole in Guatemala. The...
Jun 1, 2010 · After Tropical Storm Agatha hit Central America over the weekend, a gaping sinkhole in Guatemala City swallowed a three-story building. According to some reports, the hole is about 200 feet deep.
Jun 7, 2010 · Residents of an urban neighborhood in Guatemala City experienced the opening up of a giant sinkhole in May 2010. It swallowed a three-story building and left a deep hole.
Instead of forming in karst terrain, the Guatemala City sinkhole formed in tephra terrain, a type of volcanic rock that is extremely susceptible to erosion. Beneath the city a sewer pipe leaked, allowing the soil above it to gradually be worn away.
