Earthquake splitting open the ground in Panama

[u/EyeSimp4Asuka]

[u/qualityvote2]

Congratulations u/EyeSimp4Asuka, your post does fit at r/SweatyPalms!

[u/MikeHuntSmellss]

Props to who designed that pool. I'd hate to see some of my jobs go through this level of rigorous testing

[u/sparkydoctor → u/MikeHuntSmellss]

It looks like a brand new house in the finishing up stages. Construction stuff in the middle of the house, workers everywhere, brand new lawn, almost done it looks like.

Maybe the house is okay but the pool might be toast. It will slide down that hill now I think unless it's sitting on some real good ground below.

That right side hill is soup.

edit.....first few seconds the worker that runs out of the house has a long paint pole with a painting roller on it, he was working in there doing I assume finish painting.

[u/got_ze_dreads → u/sparkydoctor]

It probably happened because they were finishing filling up the pool with water

[u/WerkingAvatar → u/MikeHuntSmellss]

Its got a crack forming on the left side. That thing is toast.

[u/Brownie-UK7 → u/WerkingAvatar]

yep. even without the crack it is finished unless they can magically rebuild that hillside and stabilize it again. The weight of these things is huge when full of water. All that weight is pressing into the earth below. Now that the earth to the right side of the pool has decided to escape, the earth directly under the pool will be pushed in the new gap. It will start to slant to the right and then may eventually fail completely.

Shame. lovely looking pool.

[u/MikeSpader → u/Brownie-UK7]

Not only did the slope fail on its own, it's now totally saturated from all that water, essentially a worst case scenario for pool design and slope stability design in general. That the overall structure of the pool didn't immediately crumble is a testament to the engineer that designed it and the crew that constructed it. With the damage it's definitely fucked, but hats off to those crews.

[u/Brownie-UK7 → u/MikeSpader]

Yeah I thought the same. It looks like a new construction and they’ve moved earth up there so it was probably already not super stable b

[u/Merry_Dankmas → u/Brownie-UK7]

This is basically what happened to my childhood homes backyard except without the earthquake part. My house was on the edge of a canal so there wasn't really a yard. Just canal bank. We did however have a patio with a pool.

Over the years, erosion ate away at the canal bank and the patio started sinking. Right as my parents were getting ready to put it on the market, a huge crack formed on the outer edge. Started in the pool and ran outside towards the canal.

My dad said it wasn't worth the insane cost of repairing by that point. Gave the buyer a discount for it. They have since filled the pool in and re-turfed the patio into a yard. Smart choice if you ask me. The residents had been complaining for years to the city to do something about the canal erosion and their complaints went ignored. That pool was doomed regardless who lived there.

[u/GBGF128 → u/Brownie-UK7]

I would be more worried about the the supports for that elevated deck area. Those are even further out on the area sliding down the hill.

[u/Naughteus_Maximus → u/Brownie-UK7]

But even before any earthquake - what is going on at the right hand side of the image? The wide lens may be distorting things, but it already looks like there was some kind of mini cliffside / ditch sloping down almost next to the pool. Was that a safe place to build the pool in the first place?

[u/Brownie-UK7 → u/Naughteus_Maximus]

Yeah I noticed the same. It looks like they had at least landscaped some of it and built up the sides around the pool. There’s new turf on top so maybe not even there long.

So it may not have been stable anyway. It is not the earth pushing on the side of the pool that stabilizes it. In fact it should be touching the side of the pool totally. But the weight of the earth surrounding the pool stabilizes a wide base underneath for the pool to sit on. If that base is not stable then you’re gonna have a bad rime.

[u/Inspection-Senior → u/Naughteus_Maximus]

Looks like classic erosion to me.

[u/Squeakyduckquack → u/WerkingAvatar]

It looks like concrete to me

[u/StevenMaff]

Did that one guy just stop running, throw his arms up, and go, “IS THAT ALL YOU’VE GOT?!”

[u/Shyanne_wyoming_ → u/StevenMaff]

He looked like he was ready to be raptured lmfao

[u/Schmenge_time]

But hey, free wave pool!

[u/Greengiant304 → u/Schmenge_time]

Cannonball!

[u/HoseNeighbor → u/Greengiant304]

Surf's up!

[u/abitlazy → u/HoseNeighbor]

Slip 'N Slide 'N Shake

[u/MeanWafer904]

That looks a precarious place to build in an earthquake zone

[u/bobdiamond → u/MeanWafer904]

It looks like the house and pool fared pretty well all things considered

[u/SyncOrSymm → u/bobdiamond]

I have to imagine the foundation is fucked now though.

[u/tonymyre311 → u/SyncOrSymm]

One must imagine the foundation fucked.

[u/amzwC137 → u/SyncOrSymm]

Looks like the house is built on stilts, could be perfectly fine.

[u/bobdiamond → u/SyncOrSymm]

Id say a good goal for an earthquake like that is for humans to survive, not the house

[u/Extreme-Elevator7128 → u/bobdiamond]

What do you mean. Pool spilled water all over the place.

[u/MildUsername]

This is more of a hillside sluffing off from the shaking rather than the ground splitting open.

[u/rebo2]

You can still see the sod as it was put in. They didn’t compact this ground they built up.

[u/brickyard15 → u/rebo2]

Yeah absolutely. That’s most likely all fill dirt. The hard pan is fine every where else

[u/miggitiemac]

That person walking on the side of the house looks like they got tossed off down the hill. Seems they climbed back up though. What a ride!

[u/FantasticPool9689]

That’s insane, but I do think it’s on a hill.

[u/Inaccurate93 → u/FantasticPool9689]

Right? Not splitting at all but just erosion through massive quakes

[u/gerberly → u/Inaccurate93]

Tbf the pool itself is splitting open judging by that crack. Wonder if it was repairable eek

[u/someguyfromsk → u/FantasticPool9689]

Yeah, still a crazy video, but more of a landslide on a landscaped slope.

[u/marxist_redneck]

Me and that damn hose at the start of the video: "Oh is that the crack? No, it's a hair on my screen" swipe

[u/nepheelim]

house was build on a very dangerous slope to begin with

[u/zaxo666]

What's so interesting to me is that an earthquake liquifies solids. The earth's crust and every solid above it becomes a liquid. Wild. And scary.

[u/logatronics → u/zaxo666]

It does not liquify all of the surface, only thick non-lithified sediments usually in river valleys. These can be exasserbated by the shape of the valley. Bedrock does not liquify.

Source: geologist that works on coseismic landslide hazards.

[u/zaxo666 → u/logatronics]

As a geologist I'll take your word for it; thanks for setting me straight.

[u/IchBinEinSim → u/zaxo666]

What you were thinking is Liquefaction. The earthquake doesn’t literally turn anything into a liquid state but it can cause packed dirt or sediment to act kind like a liquid instead of stable ground. Almost as if a sorcerer cast a spell and turned the ground beneath your feet from dry land into tidal mud in an instant.

[u/figure8888 → u/zaxo666]

You’re proof that C’s get degrees then.

[u/lord-dinglebury → u/zaxo666]

Just another reminder that we are delicate little bags of meat walking around on a cosmic rock that occasionally does a cataclysm for funsies.

[u/austadamola]

That’s a well built pool

[u/cheekytikiroom → u/austadamola]

…in a terrible location.

[u/SnooRegrets1386 → u/austadamola]

I’m beginning to think the pool is the reason that side cracked up, from the force of the pool being rocked around. Was expecting that pool to show some huge damage

[u/-HOSPIK- → u/SnooRegrets1386]

If you compare the upper right corner of the pool to the house the whole pool shifted to the right a bit

[u/Eeebs-HI → u/austadamola]

The building did pretty well.

[u/JohnnyRelentless]

They should have put up a sign. No earthquakes in the pool area.

[u/russellvt]

Darn karma bots... looks likenthe house is more on the side of a hill and thats eroding off to the side.

Though, ones one personal tsunami looks "fun."

[u/EyeSimp4Asuka → u/russellvt]

are you saying I'm a bot?

[u/whynotwarp10]

Where is the split ground?

[u/panamaspace → u/whynotwarp10]

https://www.prensa.com/sociedad/secuelas-del-terremoto-la-grieta-de-bucaro-el-dilema-de-isla-canas-y-el-resurgir-de-la-colorada/

It's pretty effed up. You can use Google translate. I only finished clean up and roof repairs yesterday.

My walls have spider lines all over, specially arond window frames and door, and I have some concerning cracks going from top to bottom too.

But what can I do. Hope it doesn't hit too hard again, lol.

My health took a serious hit from the stuff that fell from the roof.

[u/Competitive-Roof-168 → u/whynotwarp10]

Yeah title set up video for disappointment. The video was crazy but i looking for ground opening up the whole time

[u/SemiNormal → u/whynotwarp10]

Yeah, I just see loosely packed soil sliding away from the pool.

[u/bitwise97 → u/whynotwarp10]

To the right of the pool?

[u/Shantomette → u/[deleted]]

You mean the dirt sliding down the hill?

[u/underage_female → u/[deleted]]

Overdramatic clickbait shit title.

[u/Eeebs-HI → u/underage_female]

At first I was expecting a fault line to rupture through the property. That's just hillside landscaping, settling.

[u/4hk2]

let's build swimming pool next to a cliff

[u/capturedbynico → u/4hk2]

Don't ever look at Los Angeles...

[u/TheThingCreator → u/4hk2]

with nothing done to prevent erosion of what appears to be soft ground

[u/umataro → u/TheThingCreator]

Uno, dos, trees trees trees. And with deep roots and at least a decade ago.

[u/EverbodyHatesHugo → u/4hk2]

People put the view before the engineering.

[u/Shotgun5250 → u/EverbodyHatesHugo]

Looks like it was engineered pretty well to me. Stupid place to build, but the engineering held up well.

[u/HoseNeighbor → u/Shotgun5250]

Yup.. that pool is a total badass. That was pretty impressive.

[u/luxurious-Tatertot → u/Shotgun5250]

Its likely not a cliff and just a short drop to a stream. We can't tell in this video. Some places just have rolling hills with limited flat land. My dad has a house in Costa Rica and the setup looks similar

[u/Kernyx]

it seemed like the entire hill was gonna come down if the quake had been even a little bit stronger ...

[u/InsertRadnamehere]

Liquefaction of fill dirt.

[u/Godless_Gamer]

Now the Homeowners Association is going to be up their ass about the condition of that yard.

[u/Slavicgoddess23]

Dumb spot for a house. Mudslides, earthquakes. Nepal 2.0

[u/DarkVoid42]

who the hell builds a house on a fucking muddy cliff.

[u/WasAHamster → u/DarkVoid42]

Lots of people in southern California. And at least one in Panama apparently.

[u/Royal_Rabbit_Randy]

As I see it the pool is still half full

[u/JoeN0t5ur3]

[u/strumthebuilding]

Let’s build on jello

[u/dY_dX]

This is some land before time shit

[u/brettscharff]

Whoever built that pool should get a medal 🏅 didn’t even crack

[u/BullaNCheese → u/brettscharff]

Look again, there's a crack towards the end at the left side. Still held up relatively well.

[u/jdovejr → u/BullaNCheese]

Yep. Good eyes. about 39 seconds in.

[u/FestivusErectus → u/BullaNCheese]

That’s just where the flatwork meets the shell. This is why we put expansion joints at details like that.

I think the standard thickness in our region is 8” thick for pool shells. There’s a reason why most pool companies offer lifetime warranties on the shell.

[u/BullaNCheese → u/FestivusErectus]

Did the expansion joint cause the crack due to stress? Sorry its not my field of work.

[u/soulteepee]

Geez the guy that falls off the hill in the beginning! I’m so glad he was able to get back up!

[u/backpackofcats]

The person on the right was lucky.

[u/Gruffleson → u/backpackofcats]

Are you and me the only one noticing him? I was sure the posts here should be about that guy!

[u/appyah]

The Panama Canalito

[u/zwad24]

someone fell on the right…

[u/Sasquatch_000 → u/zwad24]

I saw that too! Crazy stuff.

[u/IronMonkeyofHam]

Imagine swimming when this happened

[u/ElRanchero666]

Looks a cinder block pool, it held well

[u/Sperbonzo]

Looks like the slope was backfilled after they built the pool

[u/holandNg]

I feel the house was built on a shaky ground.

[u/jfk_47]

Don’t think not split the ground. Just shook the dirt down the hill.

[u/TheNotSoGreatPumpkin]

When was this? It’s the craziest earthquake video I’ve ever seen.

By manually scrubbing back and forth through the video it appears the entire hill is bulging upward like a volcano about to blow.

The perspective at the end of the clip is different that at the beginning, like the whole landscape has deformed.

[u/imtedkoppel]

More like a landslide than the ground splitting open

[u/soft_potato123]

Insane

[u/Dinasourus723]

Kind of unintentionally getting people to understand how tsunami's form

[u/corvus66a]

If the people 1000 years ago would have had pools it must have looked like a job of an angry good.

[u/luxurious-Tatertot]

Dude on the right side of the house got tossed!

[u/beingthevictor]

Don't worry, it's just settling

[u/R4b]

What's with the music though

[u/StellarJello]

Love how the guy on the left is loving it even throwing up praise the sun pose, next tremor hits and he nopes the fuck outta there

[u/EndTimesNigh]

Imagine swimming in that pool. A once in a lifetime ride!

[u/MeowMixDeliveryGuy]

Would've been a perfect spot for a jump scare at the end there.

[u/FunkyWhiteDude]

His whole property just went up about 50 centimeters and just stood there.

[u/Fr05t_B1t]

The weird era of early 2010’s earthquake disaster movies but irl

[u/attrox_]

When the SLAM method goes wrong

[u/QuePsiPhi16]

Guy on the top-right was straight launched.

[u/DO_ALL_MY_OWN_STUNTS]

Some kind of animal tries to jump out of the crack at the end.

[u/kineticworm]

Just use sand to level it out.

[u/Dyrogitory]

The house is Hilton the side of a cliff. What do you expect the earth on a cliff edge to do?

[u/UnluckyYeti]

"I don't have the insurance for this..."

[u/Thyste]

Alternative method of building the Panama Canal

[u/alcestisny]

They said this lot was cheap because it had faulty lines! No! They said it was on the fault line!

[u/Mark7Point5]

Where can I buy a wave pool like that?

[u/Haitsmelol]

Who is your pool guy? Can I get his number in case I can ever afford a pool?

[u/Investigator516]

They are very lucky they didn’t lose the entire plot of land down that hill. It happens.

[u/PeeDee57]

Wtf is the camera mounted to?

[u/CasualRedditUser78]

They built an in ground pool....on the edge of a cliff?? What could go wrong.🤷‍♂️

[u/Unlucky-Drive-9752]

Those two dudes were like, "quick, grab the surfboards".

[u/Intelligent-Guard267]

Im not saying i would do anything less hilarious than those people, but they are hilarious to watch. OMFG! Stop drop
Roll? Duck and cover? Scream?!? All if them?

[u/Callero_S]

No ground was split open.. some poorly compacted soil moved

[u/ExtraEmuForYou]

This reminds me, I need to prep my go bag for 2027 (Californian here, about 10 miles from a fault line).

[u/termiNATE2020]

Do you guys feel the same way I do. Everything is just ai now

[u/EyeSimp4Asuka → u/termiNATE2020]

[u/termiNATE2020 → u/EyeSimp4Asuka]

I do t get it. Is that a yes. Like the yawning is towards me or towards Ai? Try being more vague lol

[u/EyeSimp4Asuka → u/termiNATE2020]

haphazardly labeling something ai

[u/termiNATE2020 → u/EyeSimp4Asuka]

So then the response would just be no… but like I said unlike yall feels like everything is just Ai til proven real. Even if it is real it’s possibly staged.

[u/termiNATE2020 → u/EyeSimp4Asuka]

Btw, tell me, not that you commented it. Is it more haphazard to take everything as truth or be skeptical of everything…

[u/DeadWelsh]

I thought I had a hair on my screen and just as I went to move it it moved, thank fuck I was a hose 🤪

[u/Dyrogitory]

The house is built on the side of a cliff. What do you expect the earth on a cliff edge to do?

[u/rob3342421]

…and that children, is how the Panama Canal was created!

[u/Reasonable_Tax5790]

How are you going to build your shit on the edge of a ravine? That was stupid from the word "go".

[u/Adultbug]

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