IZiko Elilumkisa ngeTsunami ePacific liphakamise iwotshi yeTsunami yeHawaii kulandela inyikima enkulu engaphantsi kolwandle i7.9.
Eli ziko layithoba iwotshi yaseHawaii yaba yingcebiso ngo-10:23 kusasa, ngokutsho komlawuli weziko uCharles McCreery.
Iziqithi zihlala phantsi kwengcebiso yetsunami kude kube yintsimbi yesi-7 ngokuhlwa, okuthetha ukuba amaqondo olwandle angaqhelekanga okanye imisinga inokwenzeka. Iziko lesilumkiso lithi utshintsho kwinqanaba lolwandle lwe-3 ukuya kwi-4 yeenyawo lungenzeka phakathi kwe-1 pm kunye ne-7pm, uMcCreery uthe.
Le nyikima yabangela itsunami eyafika kunxweme lwaseAmerican Samoa.
UFili Sagapolutele, osebenza kwiiNdaba zaseSamoa, uthe amanzi angena emhlabeni malunga neeyadi ezili-100 ePago Pago ngaphambi kokuba ahle, eshiya iimoto zixinge eludakeni.
Kwakungekho ngxelo zikhawulezayo zokulimala okanye umonakalo wesakhiwo.
EHawaii, abahlali bayabongozwa ukuba bangabizi u-911 ukuze bahlaziywe. Endaweni yoko, bafanele babeke esweni imeko kamabonwakude, kunomathotholo okanye kwiiWebhsayithi zeendaba, utshilo uJohn Cummings weSebe loLawulo lokuNgxamiseka kweso sixeko.
Umlindo wetsunami wabhengezwa ngo-8:05.
Inyikima yayikumgama weekhilomitha ezili-110 kumntla-mpuma weHihifo, eTonga; Iimayile ezili-125 kumzantsi-ntshona weApia, eSamoa; Iimayile ezingama-435 kumntla-mpuma weNukualofa, eTonga; kunye neekhilomitha ezili-1,670 kumntla-mpuma weAuckland, eNew Zealand.
Kwikomkhulu laseSamoa i-Apia, iintsapho zabaleka amakhaya azo phakathi kwenyikima eyamthatha ukuya kuthi ga kwimizuzu emithathu, i-Associated Press inike ingxelo. Imithombo yeendaba yasekuhlaleni ichaze ukuba abantu babalekele kwiindawo eziphezulu.
Iziko lesilumkiso lithe iinyikima zolu bungakanani bunamandla okunika amandla itsunami eyonakalisayo enokubetha amanxweme akufuphi kwimizuzu nje.
Elona xesha lilindelweyo lokufika kwetsunami eHawaii iya kuba yi-1:11 pm, iziko lesilumkiso lathi.
Isilumkiso setsunami siyasebenza kwiAmerican Samoa, Samoa, Niue, Wallis-Futuna, Tokelau, Cook Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu, Kiribati, Kermadec Islands, Howland-Baker, Jarvis Island, New Zealand, French Polynesia kunye nePalmyra Atoll.
IHawaii idweliswe phantsi kwewotshi yetsunami kunye neVanuatu, Nauru, Marshall Islands, Solomon Islands, Johnston Atoll, New Caledonia, Kosrae, Papua New Guinea, Pohnpeo, Wake Island, Pitcairn Island kunye neMidway.
I-Hawaii County Civil Defense icebisa bonke abahlali ukuba baphephe iindawo ezingaselunxwemeni ngenxa yeNgcebiso yeTsunami esebenzayo kwiiIqithi zaseHawaii. Zonke iilwandle ziya kuvalwa kude kube ngomso ngenxa yezandi ezinokubakho kunye nemisinga engaqhelekanga evela kwinyikima yaseSamoa.
