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yahoonews on May 1, 2026 1:50 pm **From The Associated Press:** [Mexico City](https://apnews.com/article/mexico-city-founding-anniversary-mexica-aztec-970689896e93c5c0b9aa65e216e44984) is sinking by nearly 10 inches (about 25 centimeters) a year, according to new satellite imagery released this week by NASA, making it one of the world’s fastest-subsiding metropolises. One of the world’s most sprawling and populated urban areas, at 3,000 square miles (about 7,800 square kilometers) and some 22 million people, the Mexican capital and surrounding cities were built atop an ancient lake bed. Many downtown streets were once canals, a tradition [that continues in the rural fringes](https://apnews.com/article/mexico-xochimilco-chinampas-women-island-farms-427086e05486eedbceb478c6dc6cb819). Read more: [https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/mexico-city-sinking-quickly-seen-131133337.html?ncid=redditnewsus](https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/mexico-city-sinking-quickly-seen-131133337.html?ncid=redditnewsus)
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**From The Associated Press:**
[Mexico City](https://apnews.com/article/mexico-city-founding-anniversary-mexica-aztec-970689896e93c5c0b9aa65e216e44984) is sinking by nearly 10 inches (about 25 centimeters) a year, according to new satellite imagery released this week by NASA, making it one of the world’s fastest-subsiding metropolises.
One of the world’s most sprawling and populated urban areas, at 3,000 square miles (about 7,800 square kilometers) and some 22 million people, the Mexican capital and surrounding cities were built atop an ancient lake bed. Many downtown streets were once canals, a tradition [that continues in the rural fringes](https://apnews.com/article/mexico-xochimilco-chinampas-women-island-farms-427086e05486eedbceb478c6dc6cb819).
Read more: [https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/mexico-city-sinking-quickly-seen-131133337.html?ncid=redditnewsus](https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/mexico-city-sinking-quickly-seen-131133337.html?ncid=redditnewsus)