00:49 Erosion Causes 25-Foot-Deep Hole to Form on Australian Beach Part of an Australian beach disappeared overnight. This is why experts say it will happen again.

At a Glance A massive hole ripped open on a Queensland, Australia, beach caused by a landslip.

The hole is an estimated 650-900 feet across and 25 feet deep.

Several similar holes have opened in the area, including one in 2015 that swallowed a car and trailer from a campsite.

Researchers believe more could open in the future in the same area.

A massive hole ripped open on a Queensland, Australia, beach caused by a landslip in the area , according to the Queensland Department of Environment and Science.

Located at Inskip Point near Rainbow beach, the hole is estimated to be a whopping 650-900 feet across and 25 feet deep. The slip occurred not far from where previous holes have opened up in the past, including one in 2015 that forced campers to evacuate as a caravan, car, trailer and tents were swallowed, according to the Brisbane Times.

Fortunately, no injuries or damage to property occurred during the latest slip and none of the nearby campsites were affected, the Queensland Parks and Wildlife Services (QPWS) reported.

"We fly every day and it wasn't there yesterday," said Diana Journeaux of Rainbow Beach Helicopters. "We don't know the story behind it yet."

"That was the beach yesterday afternoon - there were people walking along that section," Greg Pearce, a local skipper, said of the beach when he passed it at about 5 a.m. on Monday. "We could see [the hole] forming, could see stirred up water and the beach eroding."

According to Pearce, the hole was only about 300 feet when they saw it.

The Queensland government clarified that, in technical terms, what caused the hole was better called a "nearshore landslip" than a "sinkhole".

"It’s likely this erosion has been caused by the undermining of part of the shoreline by tidal flow, waves and currents," said QPWS. "When this occurs below the waterline, the shoreline loses support and a section slides seaward leaving a hole, the edges of which retrogress back towards the shore."

Reports speculated that a second landslip could be impacting Inskip beach in the same area, but the QPWS rangers found no evidence of a second hole. The original slip expanded slightly due to high tide and wave action, however.

<img class="styles__noscript__2rw2y" src="https://s.w-x.co/fifteenslip.gif" srcset="https://s.w-x.co/fifteenslip.gif 400w, https://s.w-x.co/fifteenslip.gif 800w" > The landslip in 2015 which caused campers to evacuate as their gear was swallowed. The 2015 landslip sits only a few hundred feet from where the latest has opened up. (Google Maps/EPA) (Google Maps/EPA)

With slips in 2015, 2016 and now 2018, researchers believe this won't be the last one that seen in the area.

"It will repair itself, but it will almost certainly happen again ," University of the Sunshine Coast's Peter Davies to the Australian Broadcasting Corporation. "We could see another one in 12 months, or we could see one in a few years."

"All we can say with any certainty is that it's an inherently unstable area and will do this periodically," Davies added.