GEOLOGICAL UPHEAVALS: Massive Sinkhole Opens Up Near San Pedro, Paraguay - Swallows Up Bus With 60 Passengers! [PHOTOS + VIDEO]

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February 7, 2016 - PARAGUAY - A bus transporting 60 people was swallowed by a giant sinkhole near San Pedro, Paraguay.

Intense rainfall is responsible for the collapse of the road on January 31, 2016. Luckily, nobody has been injured.

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WATCH: Massive sinkhole opens up in Paraguay.

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FIRE IN THE SKY: Major Solar System Disturbance - Meteorite Hits Near La Paz, Mexico Causing Loud Explosion, Intensity Shook The Walls Of Several Homes!

May 20, 2013 - MEXICO - Insistent calls being received in the emergency services indicate that a meteorite fell in the vicinity of the capital city, which caused a loud explosion which rocked blast all homes in the south.

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According to witnesses who were in contact with Pericú Collective writing, there was a light on the horizon between red and white combined with a trail.

He fell into the San Pedro, seconds later esuchó strong explosion that rocked the walls of several homes shortly after four in the afternoon. This intensely felt what those living in the south of the city.

At present public safety elements, both State and municipal head to the area where you raised a great dust cloud to find out what exactly happened.

The explosion was heard up to the center of the capital city. - Collective Pericu. [Translated]

GLOBAL VOLCANISM: Earthquake Swarm Reported at Chile's Tatara-San Pedro!

Quick report tonight brought to my attention by Eruptions reader GuillermoChile. Apparently, the SERNAGEOMIN has been monitoring an earthquake swarm at Chile’s Tatara-San Pedro (also known as San Pedro-Pellado), possibly numbering in the hundreds of small earthquakes over the last few days.

Tatara-San Pedro seen in February 2006. Image by Michael Dungan (Univ. Geneva).

The reports are a little scant and the information coming from different parts of the Chilean government are contradictory: the regional governor of the area was quoted as saying that “it is of volcanic earthquakes, so we are on alert” while the regional director from ONEMI said “at first thought that we were facing a volcanic earthquakes, but known reports of the analysis has led to the conclusion that we were facing tectonic type earthquakes“.

The article in La Tercera also mentions that the volcano hasn’t erupted in “decades” while the Global Volcanism Program’s entry for San Pedro says that the last eruption is “unknown”, likely in the Holocene (last 10,000 years). So, there seems to be lots of confusion (not to mention La Tercera calling the volcano “Catinao”). If this is renewed activity at the volcano, it is potentially the first in recorded history. Tatara-San Pedro has been a focus of a lot of petrologic study, so any new activity would get the geologic community’s attention quickly. I’ll keep this updated with any new information as it arrives, but hard to tell what exactly is going on at the Chilean volcano. - WIRED.

GEOLOGICAL UPHEAVAL: California Sinkhole Swallows Up A Two-Lane Road With It - Landsliding The Coastal Bluff Into The Pacific Ocean!

"Officials fear that the entire area could end up in the ocean."

A sink hole in San Pedro is getting worse and more steps are being taken to keep the public safe. Hunks of a coastal bluff near Paseo del Mar between Western and Weymouth avenues are falling into the Pacific Ocean as the integrity of the hillside weakens.

What has residents so alarmed is the speed at which the road deteriorated. It started off as a small crack in the road. "To see how dramatically it's just given way, just really reminds you Mother Nature is in charge," said one resident. Fences have been set up to keep the public at a safe distance away from the danger. No homes are being threatened by the landslide, but engineers are monitoring the slide while Los Angeles County crews rush to move water and sewer lines along with storm drains before the next major rain storm hits.

Officials fear that the entire area could end up in the ocean. "We're hoping they know what they are doing," said resident Bob Simpson. "Otherwise we are in trouble." "It's just that the road has always been here," said resident Tina Valdez. "I've lived in San Pedro most of my life and it's just such a beautiful area- losing our gorgeous coastline here." Some residents are doing their own preparations, bringing a camera to preserve memories of the road. "It's going to be one of those, 'remember the time when we used to walk along Paseo in the morning and that landslide occurred? This is what it used to look like,'" said resident Veronica Smith. A geological survey is being done to figure out the cause of the slide and determine if other homes in the area are in danger. The survey is expected to be completed in about two months. It is also monitoring areas surrounding Paseo del Mar to make sure they aren't in danger. - ABC7.

WATCH: San Pedro coastal landslide worsens.

A slow-moving landslide has left part of California Road looking like an earthquake hit. A cliff in San Pedro is falling into the Pacific Ocean, taking a two-lane road with it. Chunks of concrete and asphalt are crumbling, leaving large gashes in the road. Police have blocked off the area to both cars and gawkers. The first cracks appeared last spring. Right now, there is no threat to homes. - 9NEWS.

WATCH: California sinkhole takes 2-lane road with it.