A field collapse Tuesday formed a giant hole that swallowed a portion of an artery from the center of the great city of Fukuoka in south western Japan.
The crater of some 20 meters on 15 let appear the supporting pillars of buildings, raising fears of a risk of new collapses.
Low television pictures taken after 5:00 (2000 GMT Monday) showed two moats trying to expand and swallow the asphalt of an axis to five lanes at the large Hakata station in the city center.
The crater continued to grow to reach mid-morning a depth of two floors and is filled with water from broken pipes. The Fukuoka transportation department said that the current extension of a subway line could be the cause of the collapse.
The police, which established a safety perimeter and evacuated the surrounding buildings, said no injuries had been reported.
Fukuoka is the largest city of the southern island of Kyushu. Hakata Station is an important railway junction for high speed trains Shinkansen criss-crossing the country.
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