Tag: sinkhole
Satellites confirm sinking of San Francisco tower
The Sentinel-1 satellites have shown that the Millennium Tower skyscraper in the centre of San Francisco is sinking by a few centimetres a year....
Biggest, Deepest and Devastating Sinkholes around the World
Qattara Depression, Egypt
The Qattara Depression is a depression in the north west of Egypt in the Matruh Governorate and is part of the Western...
Great Blue Hole
The Great Blue Hole is a giant submarine sinkhole off the coast of Belize. It lies near the center of Lighthouse Reef, a small...
Mysterious Siberian hole likely due to methane buildup and release
A team of Russian researchers who visited the site of one of the mysterious holes that have appeared in the ground in parts of...
Sinkhole
A sinkhole, also known as a sink-hole, sink, swallow hole, shakehole, swallet or doline, is a natural depression or hole in the Earth's surface...