What the records say
- When
- Feb 2018
- Kind
- Industrial accident
- Coordinates
- 9.64° S, 35.74° W
- Description
- geological event
- Cause
- mining
Sinking of Maceió
Geological event
The sinking of Maceió is a geological process of soil subsidence in several neighborhoods of the Brazilian city of Maceió, capital of the state of Alagoas, of an anthropogenic nature, caused by the inadequate exploitation and consequent collapse of the rock salt mines of the Brazilian mining company Braskem.
From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA · Read the article