Sinkhole in central Mexico now reaches 97 meters in diameter

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – The large sinkhole that appeared almost a week ago in the central Mexican state of Puebla continued widening this Friday, June 4, reaching a diameter of 97 meters and a depth of 20 meters, according to local authorities.

On Friday, 10 researchers from the National Polytechnic Institute (IPN) arrived to coordinate with the Ministry of Environment to initiate geophysical and ion analysis to determine what caused this fault in the earth.

One more house collapsed today. Magdalena Xalamihua, the owner, assured that they had not received support from any government since last Saturday when the sinkhole appeared.

“It hurts a lot from so much sacrifice, we are hungry. We are hurting from the house that we see that little by little, and in pieces, it is going to go to where it all ends,” she added.

The landslide occurred on Saturday in farmland in the municipality of Juan C. Bonilla, little more than 20 kilometers from Puebla capital, in an area where there are only a few small and humble houses of the people who cultivate the land.

The hole originated only five meters in diameter, but in only 24 hours, it grew to 30 meters, and since then, it has not stopped growing.