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Official: Sharp tremors being detected near giant sinkhole — Bubbles coming up from center (VIDEO)

Published: February 27th, 2013 at 1:32 pm ET
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Title: Sinkhole activities halt work nearby
Source: The Advocate
Author: DAVID J. MITCHELL
Date: February 26, 2013

Response operations at the 8.6-acre sinkhole in Assumption Parish were halted Tuesday after seismic monitors noted an increase in underground tremors that have been linked with “burps” and edge collapses in the yawning slurry hole, state regulators and parish officials said.

John Boudreaux, director of the parish Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness, said about five to six trees that had been leaning over for the past week along the northeast side of the sinkhole fell in Tuesday morning and that small bubbling spots also have re-emerged in the sinkhole.

“They do have a section in the center of the sinkhole that has that bubbling,” he said. [...]

Boudreaux said Tuesday sharp tremors were being detected, but the more significant activity is related to the long-period tremors. [...]

Watch WWL’s coverage of the tremors here

Published: February 27th, 2013 at 1:32 pm ET
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