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Siberia Doomed? Huge Landslide and Another Giant Crater hit Novokuznetsk!
Sibera Doomed? Huge Landslide and Another Giant Crater hit Novokuznetsk!
Is Siberia doomed? In just three weeks, a town in the Novokuznetsk Region has seen a massive, slow moving landslide and yet another giant crater.
On April 1 (not a joke), a dramatic landslide occurred in a Siberian town, swallowing up roads and a railway, uprooting trees and destroying power lines. Thankfully, the disaster happened at a turtle’s pace and nobody was hurt.
But then, just as the locals were recovering from the effects of the landslip, another strange geological phenomenon hit the area. On April 20, a new giant crater appeared in town. Measuring 65 feet (20 meters) in diameter and with a depth of 100 feet (30 meters), the hole is causing panic amid residents, who fear the next one might swallow their homes.
The craters that have made the news in the past few months are a cause of great concern. But while the previous craters were only found in northern Siberia’s Yamal peninsula, this one is located almost 2,200 miles (3,500 kilometers) to the south.
Alarmingly, the Novokuznetsk crater is the southernmost sinkhole. Is this evidence that there is something brewing beneath Siberia, slowly making its way south?
Probably not. While Russian authorities made no comment on the situation, the locals blame the newly-formed crater on the abandoned coal mines just outside of town.
Emergency Ministry personnel arrived at the site, isolated the sinkhole and filled it with earth. The recent landslide had provided more than plenty…
