Images taken from: englishrussia.com
RIA Novosti reports a sinkhole measuring 32 metres wide and 50 metres deep appeared in a farmers field in Shatkovsky, Nizhny Novgoro, Russia. It was also stated that no houses are located nearby, with the nearest settlement 2 kilometres away, that the area has been fenced off and the sinkhole is being monitored.
While information in English is scarce at this early time, one report speculates the cause could be due to to water erosion of the soil or rock below.
It remains to be seen what the true cause of this particular sinkhole is but a hole of this size is not normal and to attribute its appearance solely to water erosion is most likely misleading. Because with volcanoes, earthquakes, sinkholes,
fissures, landslides and a variety of other unusual and major earth movement phenomena on the increase, it would seem there are
other factors at play not yet being considered.
Comment: While some areas of the world suffer extreme drought, other areas are inundated with epic flooding, and as if that wasn't enough, sinkhole, earthquake and volcanic events are on the rise too:
- Huge six-metre sinkhole opens up on road in Taupo, New Zealand
- Video shows cars floating down river after flash flood in Little Falls, New Jersey
- Deadly earthquake lifts Indonesian island by nearly a foot
- Shallow M6.1 earthquake hits northern Alaska - 47 quakes in the last 24 hours
- Record drought in Denmark causes 40% drop in crop yield, $1billion in losses, and wave of bankruptcies
- Nearly two dozen earthquakes at the gigantic Katla volcano in Iceland
Also check out SOTTs monthly documentary: SOTT Earth Changes Summary - July 2018: Extreme Weather, Planetary Upheaval, Meteor Fireballs