I-SANTIAGO, eChile-Inyikima enkulu enobunzima obunobungozi obunamandla ihlasele umbindi weChile kwangoko ngoMgqibelo, ishukumisa ikomkhulu umzuzu nesiqingatha kwaye isusa itsunami.
Izakhiwo zadilika yaye iintambo zemfonomfono nombane ziphantsi, nto leyo eyenza ukuba kube nzima ukuqondwa ukuba ungakanani umonakalo. Ubuncinci abantu abayi-6 babulawa, utshilo uMongameli Michele Bachelet.
"Sibe nenyikima enkulu," utshilo u-Bachelet, ethetha kwiziko lokuphendula likaxakeka kwisibongozo sokuba abantu baseChile bahlale bezolile. “Senza konke esinako ngawo onke amandla esinawo. Naluphi na ulwazi siza kwabelana ngalo ngokukhawuleza. "
UBachelet uthe iingxelo zangaphambili zezokuba abantu abathandathu babulewe, kwaye "ngaphandle kwamathandabuzo, ngenyikima elolu hlobo, kuya kubakho ukufa kwabantu abaninzi."
Ubongoze abantu ukuba bakuphephe ukuhamba ebumnyameni, kuba iirobhothi ziphantsi, ukuthintela ukufa kwabantu abaninzi.
Inyikima yabetha ngo-3:34 am (0634 GMT; 1:34 am EST) kwaye yayizinze kwiimayile ezingama-200 (iikhilomitha ezingama-325) kumzantsi-ntshona wekomkhulu, iSantiago, kubunzulu beekhilomitha ezingama-22 (iikhilomitha ezingama-35) ingxelo ye-US Geological Survey.
I-epicenter yayiziikhilomitha nje ezingama-70 (iikhilomitha ezili-115) ukusuka eConcepcion, isixeko sesibini ngobukhulu eChile, apho abantu abangaphezu kwama-200,000 bahlala ecaleni komlambo i-Bio Bio, kunye neekhilomitha ezingama-60 ukusuka kwidolophu yaseChillan, isango lokuya kwiindawo zokuchithela i-ski zaseAndean ezatshatyalaliswayo. kwinyikima yowe-1939.
I-Associated Press Television News cameraman yathi ezinye izakhiwo ziye zawa eSantiago, apho amandla ayephelile kwiindawo ezithile zesixeko. Icawa ebalulekileyo yayiphakathi kwezakhiwo ezehla kumbindi wesixeko saseProvidence, apho iglasi yefestile yaphuka ezitratweni kwaye abantu babaleka besuka kwizakhiwo ezinemigangatho emininzi, ngokutsho kweTV Chile.
I-Pacific Tsunami Warning Centre ikhuphe isilumkiso eChile nasePeru, kunye newotshi yetsunami engangxamisekanga kangako e-Ecuador, eKholombiya, ePanama, eCosta Rica nase-Antarctica. Ithe itsunami inokuphinda ibethe iHawaii kamva emini.
“Ukufundwa komphakamo wolwandle kubonisa ukuba kwabakho itsunami. Inokuba ibiyonakalisa kumanxweme kufutshane nenyikima kwaye inokuba sisoyikiso kunxweme olukude,” latsho iziko.
Iziko lokulumkisa ngetsunami kunxweme olusentshona laseMelika lathi alilindelanga tsunami ngasentshona ye-US okanye eCanada kodwa liyaqhubeka nokubeka iliso le meko.
Eyona nyikima inkulu kwezakha zabhalwa yantlitha indawo enye yaseChile ngoMeyi 22, 1960. Inyikima eyayinomthamo we-9.5 yabulala abantu abali-1,655 2 yaza yashiya abazizigidi ezi-XNUMX bengenamakhaya. Itsunami eyabangela ukuba ibulale abantu eHawaii, eJapan nakwiiPhilippines yaza yabangela umonakalo kuNxweme oluseNtshona lwaseUnited States.
