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  • 2021-06-03 (xsd:date)
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  • Is a Sinkhole in Mexico Threatening To Swallow a House? (en)
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  • In June 2021, videos and photographs started circulating on social media that supposedly showed a house near the rim of a large sinkhole in central Mexico: This is a genuine image of a sinkhole in Mexico. This sinkhole is on a farm in Santa María Zacatepec. According to Mexico News Daily, the sinkhole was about five meters when it was first discovered on Saturday night. It has quickly expanded, however, and is now about 60 meters in diameter and is threatening a nearby house. Mexico News Daily reported: Here's a video showing additional images of this sinkhole from the Associated Press: A video from VOA News shows that sinkhole has grown even larger and, as of this writing on June 3, 2021, the fence of the house is now hanging off the edge of this sinkhole: Beatriz Manrique, environmental secretary for the Mexico region, said that the sinkhole was likely caused by the extraction of groundwater: (en)
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