GEOLOGICAL UPHEAVALS: Massive Crack Opens Up Along Jurassic Coast In Dorset, England - Measured About 328 FEET; Thousands Of TONNES Of Earth Moved; Walkers Warned To Steer Clear Of The Chasm! [PHOTOS]

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April 16, 2016 - ENGLAND - A huge crack running 100m (328ft) opened up on a section of Dorset's Jurassic Coast on April 13, 2016. It appeared between Bowleaze Cove and Redcliff Point at Preston, near Weymouth.

The massive crack splits the land in two on the famous Jurassic Coast in Dorset.

The resulting crevasse measures about 250 yards long, up to 3ft wide and 4ft deep on April 12, 2016.

Thousands of tonnes of earth have given way and will continue to slip away, changing the landscape of the renowned coastline.

It is unknown when the cliff will fall down on the beach, but walkers and tourists are now being warned to steer clear of the chasm.

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Coastguards said the crack started to appear at the end of March.
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The drop in the cracked section is just over 1m (3ft).© BBC

This gigantic landslip was caused by heavy rainfall in the last few months. Fossil hunters and beachgoers are also being warned as the crack will mean extra clay and mud on the shore below the cliff.

As if an earthquake had struck.

The thing is that this geological process is all part of a progressive evolution of the coastline. If hundreds of thousands of tonnes of rock have moved there is an increased risk of rock falls and mud that will spill out onto the beach and create a danger.

Watch a video here.

The soil is very unstable right now so keep away.

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GEOLOGICAL UPHEAVAL: Massive Chasm Opens Up Near Rostrio, Santander in Spain!

Massive chasm opened near the shore in an area of zone Rostrío, Santander, Spain. According to experts this reason was the process of the dissolution of limestone rocks at the depth, which creates underground caves, which may eventually lead to the processes of the collapse of the surface material.

The Coasts and the city of Santander, yesterday moved to the area of ​​Rostrío, Punta de la Mesa, to learn firsthand the awesome chasm that has opened near the coast. This area is the responsibility of the Coasts being those lands located within the Dominion Land Sea. Jose Antonio Osorio, head of this department under the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Environment, yesterday sent two technicians who have made pictures and data taken on the status of the chasm. With the information we have collected will prepare a report on whether any action needs to be done in the hollow point to provide security and if there is any sign that indicate the need for caution as advised researchers at the University of Cantabria, the geologists, Viola Bruschi and Henry French.

Meanwhile the city of Santander yesterday also revised this point to, in turn, to take photographs and see if any action would need soplao. However the Councillor for the Environment, Maria Tejerina, said that "any action not within our jurisdiction, so it will, ultimately, any decision of the Coasts."
Since this newspaper made known the existence of this ravine, there have been numerous people who have approached the outskirts of the Cavalry Rostrío to observe this phenomenon of nature. The main danger is that clay soil areas surrounding the gap, as not being firm and not be supported by rock, are at risk of slipping. This area is full of large and small sinkholes (soplaos) that experts say are the result of a process of dissolution of limestone that creates deep underground ducts, "and on the surface appear-called sinkholes, circular depressions that later may be subject to collapse processes of the surface material. These circular depressions, very symmetrical, are very common in Cantabria, and are witnesses surface karst processes being developed in depth, "as researchers have concluded the Department of Geology at UC. - Eldiariomontanes [Translated].

WATCH: Stunning images of the chasm near Rostrio.

See more images of this spectacular chasm HERE.