A huge sinkhole has appeared in the state of Puebla in Mexico.
The hole appeared on Saturday 29 May. It started out as only 5m big but continued to get bigger and now stands at around a whopping 80 metres in diameter!
As the sinkhole has grown larger, big chunks of earth have also broken away from the rim.
No-one has been hurt and no properties have been lost. However, there is a family house located close to the hole and they have been evacuated.
Scientists in Mexico have been trying to work out how the huge hole came about.
What is a sinkhole?
A sinkhole is a hole in the ground which is formed when the land collapses away leaving a big hole on the surface.
It happens when the rock underneath the ground is dissolved by water.
29 Responses
wow I love to read stuff like that
WOW!!!!!
wow how did just sink
wow this is amazing!!!!!!
WOW!! Is it going to sink all of Mexico??
it is biger than my school
Wow that’s amazing how the ground just, collapsed.
interesting.
Well they could’ve just evacuated sooner when the hole appeared like whyyy
NOW THATS A LOT OF DAMAGE!!!!!
wow
wow same
sad very very sad
That is so bad I wonder how they would fix that
You could probably go fishing
If I jumped in there would I die?
so sad
???So sad
WOW!!! THIS IS SO COOL!
wow
what this is why i read kiwi kids news because instead of watching the news i just read
wow
WOW
wow that would be scary!
wow
just amazing
thats so cool
wow
Amazing 👀