The objective of this work was to study the sudden appearance of a sinkhole in the town of Los Angeles, belonging to the municipality of Rioverde S. L. P., to avoid damage to the patrimony of the families and infrastructure of the city. The research work consisted of 6 stages: Stage 1, a site visit to gather information about the place and obtain the impressions of the neighbors of the area of analysis (street crossing); Stage 2, sought to verify the topography of the site and locate the sources of humidification or bodies of water; Stage 3, consisted of the exploration using the manual dynamic penetrometer (MDP) and the recovery of the integral and unaltered sampling of the site; Stage 4, included the development of conventional geotechnical tests for the characterization of the soils present, determine their moisture profile, as well as determine the possibility of dispersion, piping, and collapse. In Stage 5, the stress distribution in the subsoil was modeled and in Stage 6, the conclusions are presented. Through the MDP, an infiltration point was identified at the intersection of the streets of the study site, a frustoconical hollow with a depth of 2.80 m, with an upper diameter of 0.80 m and a lower diameter of approximately 2.00 m, was located. The depth of the GWL in the water extraction wells in the area is 12 m, the soil of the place has low Penetration Resistance up to a depth of 4.80 m. Subterranean conduits were identified that branch off in different directions, predominantly in a northeasterly direction. The stratigraphic profile of the place corresponds to the following sequence of five strata found at a maximum explored depth of 6.00 m; the first layer is an inorganic clay of low plasticity (CL), and from the second to the fifth layer there are inorganic silts of low compressibility (ML). The second stratum is an intermediate grade dispersive soil, with appreciable strength and little deformation at its natural moisture content, however, when hydrated it experiences a slight propensity to collapse and is susceptible to erosion.