<p><br /> Dozens of sinkholes have emerged across in China in recent weeks, triggering fears of earthquakes.<br /> </p><p><br /> Craters of different sizes have been seen in a vast area of land stretching across eastern and southern China's Jiangxi, Zhejiang, Sichuan, Hunan, Jiangsu and Guangxi province, state media reported.<br /> </p><p><br /> In Ningxiang county in central Hunan Province, the toilet of a farmer's home collapsed, but nobody was injured, official Xinhua news agency reported.<br /> </p><p><br /> Days earlier, a giant sinkhole swallowed up the entire playground of a primary school in the county.<br /> </p><p><br /> Another hole with an 80m diameter opened up in the same county recently and families living nearby were soon evacuated from the dangerous areas.<br /> </p><p><br /> Cheng Jie, a geological expert from the China University of Geoscience, said: "I think it is very unlikely that the sinkholes were caused by human activities. It is mainly a result of natural causes, like the sharp weather changes from extreme droughts to heavy rainstorms."<br /> </p>
