Three mansions worth over $40 million are on the verge of falling off cliff

People have been flooding to social media in horror over three multi-million dollar homes ending up on the edge of a cliff.

Over the weekend, a landslide occurred in Dana Point, California, which has left three mansions located on Scenic Drive teetering on the edge of a cliff side and seemingly at risk of plummeting off into the sea.

Prepare to bite your nails in anxiety:

One of the mansions is reported as being worth a staggering $16 million, the second, an eye-watering $13 million and the third, a mere $12.8 million, X user Collin Rugg reports.

The landslide follows California experiencing a period of heavy rainfall. The area the three properties are located was particularly badly hit and the properties have now ended up even closer to the edge - one even appearing to slightly hang off - the side of the cliff.

Local residents in Dana Point were quick to speak out over the properties' new location on the cliff's edge.

Jan Cocchiara told ABC 7: "I would be concerned if I lived in one of those homes. I don't know if it's because of all the development that the hill's been compromised."

And people have taken to social media to weigh on the situation too.

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One X user said: "If a $13 million home might fall off a cliff any day, is it really a $13 million home? Personally, I think it's worthless."

Another added: "Why in the world would they build so close to a cliff?"

A third commented: "Pro tip: Building on a cliff is a bad idea."

Someone else wrote: "How did those cliffs sneak up of those houses? Lessons for us all, it's beautiful beyond words but there is always change along the coast and beaches. A sad situation."

And a fifth added: "I remember a song about wise men building their house upon a rock and a foolish man building his house upon the sand."

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Despite this, the city has reassured the homes are not in 'immediate' danger after inspecting the properties and their structures.

City Manager Mike Killebrew told the Orange County Register: "There are no structures jeopardized at this point, and it looks like no impact on the lateral beach access."

A local added his property is considered safe and subsequently hasn't been 'red-tagged' - what happens when a property is considered unsafe.

The question is, even with the properties evaluated as being structurally sound, would you still want to stay inside one of them?