Ihotele e-Hualien iye yawa emva kokuba inyikima ye-6.4-magnitude yabetha unxweme olusempuma ye-Taiwan. I-epicenter yenyikima ibikwi-1km ubunzulu, malunga nama-22km empuma-mpuma-mpuma we-Hua-lien.

Imifanekiso efakwe kwi-intanethi ibonakala ibonisa umgangatho wokuqala wehotele wonakele kakhulu, iindawo zesakhiwo zidilika ecaleni kwendlela.

Ngokwamajelo eendaba asekuhlaleni, malunga nama-30 abantu abavaleleke ngaphakathi ehotele. Ukulimala okuninzi kuye kwabikwa kwaye abasebenzi bohlangulo bathunyelwe kwindawo yesigameko.

Ihotele eye yawa yiMarshal Hotel, ngokutsho kweTaiwan Observer.

Isibhedlele iHualien Armed Forces General, esisecaleni kwale hotele, sikwathe sonakalisiwe.

Imiboniso yomonakalo osasazeke kwizitrato iboniswe kwiividiyo ezininzi zikaFacebook ezifotwe ngabantu basekhaya.

"Umongameli (uTsai Ing-wen) ucele ikhabhinethi kunye namasebe anxulumeneyo ukuba aphehlelele ngokukhawuleza 'indlela yentlekele' kwaye asebenze ngesantya esikhawulezayo kumsebenzi wokunceda kwiintlekele," i-ofisi kamongameli yatsho kwingxelo emva kwenyikima yangoLwesibini.

Akukabikho siqinisekiso sokwenzakala ukuza kuthi ga ngoku kwaye akukho zilumkiso zetsunami zikhutshiweyo.

Urhulumente ukwathe ibhulorho esesixekweni ayinakusetyenziswa kulandela inyikima.

INTO ONOKUYITHATHA KWELI NQAKU:

“The president (Tsai Ing-wen) has asked the cabinet and related ministries to immediately launch the ‘disaster mechanism' and to work at the fastest rate on disaster relief work,” the president's office said in a statement after the Tuesday earthquake.
Imifanekiso efakwe kwi-intanethi ibonakala ibonisa umgangatho wokuqala wehotele wonakele kakhulu, iindawo zesakhiwo zidilika ecaleni kwendlela.
Urhulumente ukwathe ibhulorho esesixekweni ayinakusetyenziswa kulandela inyikima.