Inyikima enkulu yanamhlanje phantsi koLwandle lwaseMarmara ithumele iinyikima kulo mmandla wonke, kubandakanya nesona sixeko sikhulu saseTürkiye, iIstanbul.
I-Türkiye's Disaster and Emergency Authority (AFAD) inike ingxelo yokuba iziganeko ezibini zenyikima zarekhodwa emva kwemini yasemini ixesha lendawo, kunye nenyikima emandla ebhalisa ubukhulu be-6.2 - ephawula owona msebenzi mkhulu wenyikima ukuchaphazela isixeko sabahlali abangaphezu kwezigidi ezili-15 kwiminyaka eliqela.
Nangona bekungekho ngxelo zikhawulezayo zomonakalo okanye ukonzakala, iividiyo ezabiwe kwi-intanethi zibonakala ngathi zibonisa inyikima ephazamisayo echaphazela imigama ukuya kuthi ga kwi-80km (50 miles) kude.
Imifanekiso eshukumayo esuka kwiikhamera zangaphakathi iveza izibane ezishukumayo kunye nemihombiso iwa kwiishelufa njengoko indawo eyingqongileyo yayishukuma.
Ividiyo eyahlukileyo ibonise ikhreyini yokwakha ishukuma ngamandla ecaleni kwesakhiwo esitsha.
Iingxelo ezininzi zicebise ukuba amaza abonwe ecaleni konxweme lwaseMarmara anokuba abangelwa yinyikima.
Abahlali abaninzi e-Istanbul, beyazi kakuhle imbali yelizwe labo elishwa ngeziganeko zenyikima, bakhawuleza bazishiya izakhiwo zabo emva kwesehlo, njengoko kungqinwa ziividiyo ezirekhodiweyo.
Eyona nyikima inkulu yakutsha nje yenzeke ngoFebruwari 2023 kumazantsi eTurkey nakufuphi neSyria, yakhokelela ekufeni kwabantu abangaphezu kwama-60,000.
Iingcali ze-Seismologists zilumkisa ukuba inyikima etshabalalisayo, ebizwa ngokuba 'yinkulu kakhulu', ingenzeka emantla eTürkiye nangaliphi na ixesha, xa i-Istanbul ikufuphi kumgca we-North Anatolian Fault. Ukungcangcazela okufunyenwe ngolwesiThathu kuye kwavakala kumazwe angabamelwane anjengeRomania, iBulgaria neGrisi.