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Which day are fighting over the cause of the mysterious geological occurrence of the same name in the capital hit by tropical storm "Agatha" Guatemala huge crater, "sucked" into a whole garment factory building, according to the Associated Press on Wednesday.

"Black Hole" near-perfect round shape with a diameter of about 20 meters and 30 meters deep, had appeared in one district of Guatemala City on Saturday night. At the spot where now adorns, as shown in numerous published photographs, impressive crater bottom is not visible from a helicopter and, once stood a three-storey garment factory building.

Data on victims disagree: Local authorities say the absence of such victims of the whims of nature, however, in the Western media has repeatedly appeared information about one or two missing. Currently, the mysterious crater surrounded by members of law enforcement. In place of a geologist who can not find an answer to a question about the cause of the funnel.

It is also noteworthy that just over three years ago, just two kilometers from this place, in Guatemala, has already formed nearly identical "black hole" in the ground. "I can tell you that there was no cause: this is not the fault of Geology and is not caused by an earthquake. That's all we know at this point, and we will be forced down inside," - commented geophysicist at the National Agency Management Emergencies David Monterroso (David Monterroso).

At the same time, the agency stressed, the geologists agree that the circular shape of the crater suggests the presence of karst cavities underneath. While scientists scratching their heads over the causes of "crater", many local residents whose homes are located in close proximity to the "black hole", has already opted to rent another property.

Source: rian.ru