Authorities from various government institutions follow up on reports from residents of New Villa who indicated the saturday november 5 that they felt a shaking and listened rumbles.
The National Institute of Seismology, Volcanology, Meteorology and Hydrology (Insivumeh) reported this sunday november 6 who reviewed seismic signals to the area of New Villain El Tabacal, Fuentes del Valle III, zone 1, Metrocentro, Pinares del Lago, Catalina County, San Miguelito, Enriqueta and others, where the rumbles.
They added that the seismic stations of San Jose Pinula, Villa Canales and around the Pacaya’s volcano recorded a transient seismic signal.
“Nevertheless, it is not the signal of a tectonic seismic eventso that it is not possible to find the location of the origin of the signals with adequate precision”, details the report.
He adds that, “considering the time of registration, it is possible to associate it with the rumblings reported by the population”.
The Seismological Service of Guatemala of the Mariano Gálvez University He also spoke after the reports of residents.
“Metropolitan network registers signal in several instruments. This coincides with reports from Internet users. For its characteristics (short duration, undefined shape, low frequencies, and relatively high propagation speed), I know rules out seismotectonic origin either pure sound phenomenon. A preliminary estimate places the epicenter in the municipality of New Villa”, he indicated in his social media posts.
According to him Seismological Servicesuch events have been recorded before movements of earth and/or water are verified in the subsoil.
“These characteristics are: short duration, low frequencies, undefined shape and high propagation speed. These features have been correlated prior to movements of earth and/or subsoil water”, indicated the entity.
The report of Seismological Service matches the fears that neighbors of New Villawho indicate that, on previous occasions, when they have heard rumblings sinkholes have been recorded.
Nov-05 20:12 Metropolitan network registers signal in several instruments. This coincides with reports from Internet users. Due to its characteristics, a seismotectonic origin or purely sound phenomenon is ruled out. A preliminary estimate places the epicenter in the municipality of VN. #TremorGT pic.twitter.com/5YTRCa7R1t
— Seismological Service of Guatemala (@ssgin3) November 6, 2022
One of the cases was the one recorded at kilometer 15 of the route to the pacificwhen neighbors reported last Monday, June 13, that they heard rumblings and tremors.
After several hours, they were forming cracks on the road until the asphalt collapsed and it was observed that they had formed caverns considerable size.
The step was closed several weeks, until authorities were able to repair the stretch; while, thousands of Guatemalans who reside in the south of Metropolitan area they turned out affected by traffic complications that were generated.
Then, on September 24 of the current year, another sinkhole was formed in the Concepción road, into which several vehicles fell with people on board, who were injured.
after several working daysrescuers they were able to extract the bodies of two women what were left caught up in one of the carsseveral meters deep in the sinking.
With these precedents, residents of Villa Nueva are alarmedbecause they fear that a new subsidence could form that could cause damage to their homes or cause victims like those that have already been registered.
concerned neighbors
in the residential tobaccoin zone 5 of Villa Nueva, a team of specialists from Conred carried out soil studies to verify what caused a ruckus on saturday night.
One of the buildings with five floors it turned out with damage: one crack on one of the side walls first floor formed after the rumble.
Bertha of the Valley lives on that floor and is concerned: “This crack was formed last night and that to me worries because my apartment holds the remaining four floors. I live alone with my son and he has mobility problemsimagine when do i go out from here in case this will fall”, lamented del Valle.
This Sunday, the Conred delegates evaluated the 3rd. avenue, is the street next to the building.
“I hope the authorities find out what happened Last night, I was watching television when I heard the loud sound, I thought a gas cylinder explodedbut when I left there were other neighbors and we commented that none of that happened, all we suspect the thunder was underground”, related del Valle.
A group of neighbors of the building by own initiative has managed that engineers review the building structure for determine whether or not there is severe damage put them at risk.
In the center of Villa Nueva also felt a sudden movement on the groundCatarino Sipaque resides in the neighborhood The happinessin zone 1 of the municipality, and reported that at 8:15 p.m. felt the earth move.
“That was something Quickbut I know He felt Y listen that something throne. The windows of the house were movingI didn’t even leave my house. This situation I it’s very sad so that It has happened with the sinking streets and we believe that it has to do with what we felt last night”, indicated Sipaque.
The authorities continue with the inspections this Sunday to determine the causes of rumbling.
