The Origin Of Craters

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This sinkhole in Texas resembles the shape of a crater. It's possible that all planets and even satellites go through a phase where their elevations sink, leaving crater-shaped dents in the surfaces. What's your take on this crater-like disaster?

Hi Senor,
I'm sure all bodies that are still active (ie: not just hunks of rock) go through these types of things, but you really can't relate them to know impact craters because impact craters have much more evidence of such than just looking like a crater. Impacts not only leave large traces of iridium and other elements that are not found in concentrations like on Earth, they also leave shocked crystal that we can't even recreate with energies released by nuclear weapons.
Pretty scary thought living there though!
Peace,
Ron

It's not a crater. There's no raised rim, no secondary ejecta, no rays.... A hole created by collapse is quite easy to differentiate from a crater as long as they were created recently.

Thanks