New Bohol sinkhole has created panic after the residents have been advised to evacuate the area.
Mines and Geosciences Bureau has warned high threat of a landslide due to the new sinkhole in Tagbilaran City in Bohol.
Four people died as a sinkhole "swallowed" a house in Brgy. Ubojan, Antequerra, Bohol some days ago.
According to the Philippine Information Agency's (PIA) Bohol office, sinkhole in Poblacion 1 is one of 50 sinkholes in Tagbilaran City that emerged after the Oct. 15 quake.
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Several geologists of the Mines and Geosciences Bureau (MGB) have been already conducting a Geo-hazard mapping in Bohol and Cebu.
The base of Bohol and Cebu is made of limestone whose erosion often result in sinkholes.
Original post: Natural Disasters List October 30, 2013
Mines and Geosciences Bureau has warned high threat of a landslide due to the new sinkhole in Tagbilaran City in Bohol.
Four people died as a sinkhole "swallowed" a house in Brgy. Ubojan, Antequerra, Bohol some days ago.
According to the Philippine Information Agency's (PIA) Bohol office, sinkhole in Poblacion 1 is one of 50 sinkholes in Tagbilaran City that emerged after the Oct. 15 quake.
Related post: Deadliest earthquake in 23 years hits Philippines
Several geologists of the Mines and Geosciences Bureau (MGB) have been already conducting a Geo-hazard mapping in Bohol and Cebu.
The base of Bohol and Cebu is made of limestone whose erosion often result in sinkholes.
Original post: Natural Disasters List October 30, 2013
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