LOOK: New sinkhole discovered in Bohol

 

A new sinkhole was discovered in barangay San Isidro, Tagbilaran City, #Bohol on Sunday afternoon. @gmanews pic.twitter.com/dnonFXh7XC

— leo udtohan (@leoudtohan) March 3, 2015
 

It was not immediately clear what caused the sinkhole.

 

Residents said they heard an explosion-like sound Sunday afternoon, then saw the big hole in the ground.

 

They estimated the hole to be 20 feet deep and about six meters wide.

 

"Pagkatapos ng parang pagsabog, may butas na sa lupa pero hindi gaanong malaki ngayon malaki na ang butas dahil gumagalaw ang lupa. Kada 10 minutes bumibigay ang lupa. Kaya lumalaki ang butas," said resident Rosita Lipio.

 

But the Lipio family, who had been staying in the area for five years, did not flee - though they are keeping tabs on it.

 

Local barangay officials have placed a cordon around the hole after noting many people go there to look at the sinkhole.

 

A team from the Department of Environment and Resources' Mines and Geosciences Bureau is due to visit the site to monitor the sinkhole.

 

Several sinkholes started appearing after a magnitude-7.2 quake hit Bohol in October 2013.— Joel Locsin/VC/JST, GMA News