Earth's Giant Maw: Massive Sinkhole In Mexico 300ft Wide Continues To Grow Leaving Authorities Worried

It was on Saturday that a Call Of Cthulhu-esque giant sinkhole measuring 300 feet in diameter opened up in a farmland in Puebla in Santa Maria Zacatepec, Mexico.

It initially measured 15 feet across but had continued to grow since, a development that has authorities and residents worried. Locals have been asked to stay away from the site, reported New York Post.

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State civil engineers at the site have estimated the depth of the pit to be about 60 feet. It has now filled up with groundwater. The family staying on the farmland has been evacuated. One can only imagine the thoughts in their head as they woke up to the sound of "thunder" early morning.

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¡°The authorities have not told us anything, but we see that our house is at the bottom of the sinkhole," Magdalena told El Sol de M¨¦xico, reported New York Post. ¡°We are very sad because we built our house with a lot of effort, sacrifice. We succeeded, but this happened.¡±

One estimate is that the farmland was grown over a 'large pond.' Others blame the incident on the Alto Atoyac sub-basin. Puebla governor Miguel Barbosa Huerta, meanwhile, said this: ¡°It is a matter of enormous risk."

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"I tell the Poblanos and the people of the region that we are going to be aware that there are no human tragedies. It is a geological fault that must be addressed with great care, with technique and with all the precautions and we are doing it," he said at a press conference.

Beatriz Manrique, environmental secretary for the Mexico region, thinks softening of the soil could be behind this. "We think that it might be a combination of two factors: the softening of the field, the whole area was being cultivated, as well as the extraction of groundwater, which softens the subsoil," as per CNN.