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  • California sinkhole

    California sinkhole
    Two cars sit in a large sinkhole that opened up during a day of relentless rain, in the Chatsworth neighborhood of Los Angeles, January 10, 2023. Several people had to be rescued.
    David Swanson/Reuters
  • Mexico sinkhole

    Mexico sinkhole
    Farmers survey a sinkhole that opened in a crop field in Santa Maria Zacatepec, Mexico, May 30, 2021.
    Jose Castanares/AFP via Getty Images
  • Italy sinkhole

    Italy sinkhole
    Cars are seen stuck sideways in a huge hole that has opened up next to a Rome apartment building, in Rome, May 25, 2021.
    Vigili Del Fuoco/via Reuters
  • Croatia sinkhole

    Croatia sinkhole
    A sinkhole in the village of Mececani in central Croatia is pictured here on March 4, 2021. Scientists have flocked to the region that has been pocked with round holes of all sizes after a 6.4-magnitude earthquake struck in December 2020.
    Darko Bandic/AP
  • China sinkhole

    China sinkhole
    Rescuers prepare to lift a bus after a road collapse in Xining, China, Jan. 13, 2020. The hole reached around 33 feet in diameter and a rescue effort involved almost 1,000 emergency responders and 30 vehicles at the site, the state media reported.
    AFP via Getty Images
  • Pittsburgh sinkhole

    Pittsburgh sinkhole
    Authorities investigate after a Port Authority bus was caught in a sinkhole in downtown Pittsburgh, Oct. 28, 2019.
    Darrell Sapp/Pittsburgh Post-Gazette via AP
  • Sinkhole opens in France

    Sinkhole opens in France
    Construction workers stand near a sinkhole along a street in the city of Amiens, northern France, on August 13, 2019. The five meter deep and ten meter wide sinkhole appeared in the centre of Amiens overnight on August 11, which the local municipal services believe could have been triggered by the collapse of a medieval cave in the vicinity.
    Denis Charlet/AFP/Getty Images
  • California sinkhole

    California sinkhole
    A sinkhole is seen in a condominium complex, Jan. 24, 2019, in La Habra, Calif. The hole is estimated to be about 80 feet long and 20 feet wide.
    Jae C. Hong/AP
  • Mexico sinkhole grows

    Mexico sinkhole grows
    A sinkhole that the government reported was caused by mine work nearby has grown wider since it opened in July in Coyuca de Catalan, Guerrero State, Mexico, seen here on Aug. 26, 2018.
    Francisco Robles/AFP/Getty Images
  • Massive New Zealand sinkhole

    Massive New Zealand sinkhole
    This image made from a May 2, 2018 video shows a huge sinkhole the length of two football fields and the depth of a six-story building on a farm in Rotorua, New Zealand. A worker stumbled upon the chasm before dawn this week when he was rounding up cows for milking on the farm near the North Island town of Rotorua. It appeared after several days of heavy rainfall.
    Newshub via AP Video
  • Construction dig sinkhole in Rome

    Construction dig sinkhole in Rome
    A large sinkhole opened next to a construction dig on a residential street in Rome, swallowing several parked cars but causing no reported injuries, Feb. 14, 2018.
    Massimo Percossi/ANSA via AP
  • Sinkhole develops after a tropical storm

    Sinkhole develops after a tropical storm
    A view of a sinkhole on the street after the passage of tropical storm Nate in San Juan del Sur's bay in Rivas, west Managua, Nicaragua, Oct. 6, 2017. Nate left destruction in south Nicaragua with roads, businesses and houses damaged along with hundreds of fallen trees.
    Jorge Torres/EPA
  • Sinking Van

    Sinking Van
    A van remains in a sinkhole, Sept. 11, 2017 that opened up at the Astor Park apartment complex in Winter Springs, Fla., during Hurricane Irma's passing through central Florida.
    Joe Burbank/Orlando Sentinel/TNS via Getty Images
  • Florida sinkhole damages two homes

    Florida sinkhole damages two homes
    In this aerial photo, debris is strewn about after a sinkhole damaged two homes in Land O' Lakes, Fla., July 14, 2017. A sinkhole that started out the size of a small swimming pool and continued to grow has swallowed a home in Florida and severely damaged another.
    Luis Santana/Tampa Bay Times via AP
  • Florida Sinkhole Grows

    Florida Sinkhole Grows
    A sinkhole that opened up May 3, 2012, behind a Windermere, Fla. home has grown to about 100 feet wide and 50 feet deep.
    ABC
  • Flooded sinkhole captures car

    Flooded sinkhole captures car
    A car falls into a hole in a flooded street, as heavy rainfall hits Mersin, Turkey, Dec. 29, 2016.
    Sezgin Pancar/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images
  • St. Louis sinkhole swallows a car

    St. Louis sinkhole swallows a car
    A St. Louis police officer looks over a large hole in 6th Street, June 29, 2017, in St. Louis, that swallowed a Toyota Camry between Olive and Locust Streets.
    Christian Gooden/St. Louis Post-Dispatch via AP
  • Fukuoka, Japan sinkhole causes blackouts

    Fukuoka, Japan sinkhole causes blackouts
    A large sinkhole cuts off an avenue in central Fukuoka, southwestern Japan, Nov. 8, 2016. According to local media reports, the sinkhole has caused blackouts and disrupted traffic. Authorities have evacuated surrounding buildings in case of further damage.
    Hiroshi Yamamura/EPA
  • Fukuoka, Japan sinkhole interrupts utilities

    Fukuoka, Japan sinkhole interrupts utilities
    A massive sinkhole is created in the middle of the business district in Fukuoka, southern Japan Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2016. Parts of a main street have collapsed in the city, creating a huge sinkhole and cutting off power, water and gas supplies to parts of the city. Authorities said no injuries were reported from Tuesday's pre-sunrise collapse in downtown Fukuoka.
    Kyodo News via AP Photo
  • Florida sinkhole beneath fertilizer plant

    Florida sinkhole beneath fertilizer plant
    This aerial photo shows a massive sinkhole, Sept. 16, 2016, in Mulberry, Florida, that opened up underneath a gypsum stack at a Mosaic phosphate fertilizer plant.
    Jim Damaske/Tampa Bay Times via AP
  • Manhattan sinkhole

    Manhattan sinkhole
    A pedestrian takes a photo of sinkhole caused by a water main break on Amsterdam Avenue, in the Upper West Side section of Manhattan, Aug. 30, 2016 in New York City.
    Drew Angerer/Getty Images
  • Toledo Sinkhole

    Toledo Sinkhole
    A car sits at the bottom of a sinkhole caused by a broken water line in Toledo, Ohio, July 3, 2013.
    Lt. Matthew Hertzfeld/Toledo Fire and Rescue Department/AP Photo
  • Road Collapses in Zhengzhou

    Road Collapses in Zhengzhou
    Aerial view of rescuers working at giant hole resulted from road collapse, Aug. 2, 2016, in Zhengzhou, China.
    VCG/VCG via Getty Images
  • 4-Lane-Wide Sinkhole Swallows Car in Canada

    4-Lane-Wide Sinkhole Swallows Car in Canada
    Emergency workers stand near a large sinkhole in Ottawa, Canada, June 8, 2016.
    Chris Wattie/Reuters
  • A Sinkhole Opens Up in a Fish Pond

    A Sinkhole Opens Up in a Fish Pond
    A man looks into a sinkhole which appeared in his fish pond in Guiping, Guangxi Zhuang, China, March 29, 2016.
    Reuters
  • Massive Sinkhole Opens Near Florida Mobile Home Park

    Massive Sinkhole Opens Near Florida Mobile Home Park
    A photo released by officials in Tarpon Springs, Fla. on March 30, 2016 shows an apparent sinkhole near a mobile home park that they said measured approximately 60 feet in diameter and 35 feet in depth.
    City of Tarpon Springs
  • 66-Foot Wide Massive Sinkhole Causes Evacuations in London

    66-Foot Wide Massive Sinkhole Causes Evacuations in London
    The Hertfordshire Fire and Rescue Service shared this photo of the sinkhole in St Albans on Twitter, Oct.1, 2015.
    HertsFRSControl/Twitter
  • Sinkhole in New Jersey Causes Evacuations

    Sinkhole in New Jersey Causes Evacuations
    A large sinkhole is shown in this handout photo provided by the south Amboy Police Department in South Amboy, N.J., March 24, 2015.
    South Amboy Police Department/Reuters
  • A vehicle sits at the bottom of a large sinkhole in South Amboy, N.J., March 24, 2015.
    South Amboy Police Department/Reuters
  • The Door to Hell

    The Door to Hell
    The "Door to Hell" (also known as Darvaza Crater) is a natural gas field in Derweze, Turkmenistan, that collapsed into an underground cavern in 1971, becoming a natural gas crater. Geologists set it on fire to prevent the spread of methane gas, and it has been burning continuously since then.
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  • Sinkhole Swallows Car in Suburban DC

    Sinkhole Swallows Car in Suburban DC
    Cars swallowed by a sinkhole that occurred after a water main break in Bladensburg, Md., on Jan. 27, 2015. A water main break caused a sinkhole in a suburban Washington, D.C. neighborhood, swallowing up a family's car just after they escaped.
    Jose Luis Magana/AP Photo
  • Baseball Game Sinkhole

    Baseball Game Sinkhole
    The grounds crew works to repair a sinkhole next to the pitcher's mound made by a busted pipe under the infield before the baseball game between the Cleveland Indians and Texas Rangers, June 11, 2013, in Arlington, Texas.
    LM Otero/AP Photo
  • Sinkhole Swallows Car in Suburban DC

    Sinkhole Swallows Car in Suburban DC
    Darwin Mendoza, left, who was driving with his three children at the time, looks at his car that was swallowed by a sinkhole that occurred after a water main break in Bladensburg, Md., on Jan. 27, 2015. A water main break caused a sinkhole in a suburban Washington, D.C. neighborhood, swallowing up a family's car just after they escaped.
    Jose Luis Magana/AP Photo
  • Sinkhole Swallows Truck in China

    Sinkhole Swallows Truck in China
    People look at a loaded truck that got stuck in a sinkhole on a road in Guilin, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, on Jan. 7, 2015. No injury was reported, according to local media.
    Reuters
  • Car in China has Close Call

    Car in China has Close Call
    A car is stuck on the edge of a five meter wide sinkhole on Dec. 12, 2014 in Zhenjiang, Jiangsu Province of China.
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  • A giant sinkhole opened up on the road beneath a driver, swallowing his entire car in Quanzhou, China on Dec. 1, 2014. Motorist Wei Hsiao told police "I thought I must have hit something in the road, but then I started falling and the road just disappeared around me and I could feel the car starting to flip upside down."
    Newscom
  • A scientist looks to the bottom of a crater on the Yamal peninsula in Siberia, Nov. 9, 2014.
    Vladimir Pushkarev/The Siberian Times
  • A massive sinkhole near Tampa, Fla. swallows up a car and driveway, Nov. 10, 2014. The family had five minutes to escape.
    ABC News
  • Crimean Sinkhole Captures a Car

    Crimean Sinkhole Captures a Car
    A car lies in a sinkhole in the road outside the Crimean capital of Simferopol, Sept. 28, 2014.
    Reuters
  • Pennsylvania Sinkhole Swallows Car

    Pennsylvania Sinkhole Swallows Car
    A man looks at a car as it falls into a sinkhole in Ross Township, near Pittsburgh, Pa., on Aug. 12, 2014. A woman was pulled from the car and hospitalized after the car fell into the sinkhole that opened up in a parking lot, officials said.
    Courtesy Roxanne Oglesby/Reuters
  • A New Sinkhole Discovered in Siberia

    A New Sinkhole Discovered in Siberia
    This <a href="http://inserbia.info/today/2014/07/russia-two-new-large-holes-appear-in-siberia/" target="external"> crater </a> in the Taymyr Peninsula of Russia was accidentally discovered by reindeer herders who almost fell into it, in the vicinity of the remote outpost of Nosok. The funnel is a perfectly formed cone, say locals who are mystified over its formation which is between 60 and 100 meters deep and four meters wide.
    The Siberian Times
  • A New Sinkhole Discovered in Siberia

    A New Sinkhole Discovered in Siberia
    The new Yamal crater is in the area's Taz district near the village of Antipayuta Russia and has a diameter of about 15 meters or about 45 feet. According to local residents, the hole formed on Sept. 27, 2013.
    The Siberian Times
  • Giant Sinkhole Opens at School’s Football Stadium

    Giant Sinkhole Opens at School’s Football Stadium
    A 40 foot deep sinkhole opened up at Austin Peay State University's football field.
    WTVF
  • Corvettes Collapse Into Giant Sinkhole

    Corvettes Collapse Into Giant Sinkhole
    In this image provided by the National Corvette Museum shows several cars that collapsed into a sinkhole, Feb. 12, 2014, in Bowling Green, Ky. The museum said a total of eight cars were damaged when a sinkhole opened up early Wednesday morning inside the museum.
    National Corvette Museum, HO/AP Photo
  • Sunken Friendship

    Sunken Friendship
    A car sits in a sinkhole caused by a broken water main, which collapsed part of Friendship Blvd., Dec. 3, 2010, in Chevy Chase, Md. No one was reported injured in the accident.
    Logan Mock-Bunting/Getty Images
  • La Jolla Sinkhole

    La Jolla Sinkhole
    A massive, approximately 200 ft. by 240 ft., sinkhole opened up and tore apart the pavement of Soledad Mountain Road, Oct. 3, 2007, in the Mount Soledad neighborhood of La Jolla, Calif. The landslide damaged or destroyed six homes and forced the evacuation of at least 20 others.
    Kent Horner/Getty Images