Rift in Shigi, Pakistan

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The rift in Shigi is another large earth' break up that has formed in Pakistan. This region has quite a small population that’s why mass media didn’t pay attention to the geological anomaly. The video was downloaded to a popular international website. Only after that, the world knew about this accident.

In the video was shown a huge rift from the beginning till the end. In some places, the width of the fault was about 50 cm and in another wasn’t more than a cm. There wasn’t made any official researching works and until now there is no precise data about the width and depth of the fault. The area of the fissure has quite a dry sandy soil. Rains is a rare phenomenon there, that’s why such faults can’t happen there naturally. The rift is situated near Gulistan city and locals knew about the geological anomaly only after the video publication. To beginning

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ATM bankomat: 'JS Bank' located in 38 km (

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Police station: 'Rak Thana' in 14 km

Cafe/restaurant: 'Darwish Hotel' in 32 km

Railway station: 'Gulistan Railway Station' in 5.63 km

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