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A US Geological Survey research geophysicist named Tom Parsons says that San Francisco is sinking into the Earth.examined every single building in the Bay Area, using satellite images captured by European Space Agency’s Sentinel 1 satellite.
Most of the settling appears to be taking place downtown, because of the staggering weight and density of the buildings., Millennium Tower earned its nickname of the "Leaning Tower of San Francisco" because of how much it's tilted each year since its opening in 2009, andsays it's only the third heaviest building in the city at an estimated 686 million pounds. In 2018, a large new crack had been found in the building after residents heard a loud noise.
Experts say many problems may be causing the city to sink, including the loss of groundwater because of new construction and that the Millennium's foundation isn't rooted in bedrock.the combined weight of all the downtown buildings is enough to affect an earthquake fault, though luckily the famous San Andreas fault runs offshore before it reaches the city.
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