Inyikima eyomeleleyo ye-7.2 yalinganiswa ngexesha le-19.19 ye-UTC okanye ngo-7.19 kwiziko le-epic yi-USGS eRaoul Island nakwiNgingqi yesiQithi seKermadec eNew Zealand. Abakhenkethi banokundwendwela ezi ziqithi kuphela benemvume yokufika kwiSebe lezoLondolozo laseNew Zealand.
Iziqithi ze-Kermadec liqela lesiqithi esisezantsi kwePasifiki kuLwandlekazi lwePasifiki 800-1,000 km kumntla-mpuma weNew Zealand's North Island, kunye nomgama ofanayo kumzantsi-ntshona weTonga.
Iziqithi ze-Kermadec ziindawo ezibonakalayo zetyathanga malunga ne-80 volcanoes, ezolula i-2600 km phakathi kweTonga neNew Zealand.
Isiqithi saseRaoul sesona sikhulu kwiqela, eliqala kwelona zantsi le-Esperance. Ngelixa ezinye iziqithi kunye neziqithana zincinci, uninzi lwazo luneekoloni zeentaka ezibalulekileyo.
Indawo yolwandle yenziwe ngo-1990 kwaye yenye yezona ndawo zigcina ulwandle eNew Zealand, zigubungela ii-745,000 ha. Ixhasa iinkqubo zaselwandle ezisezantsi kuphela zaseNew Zealand, kwaye ngokwamanqanaba asezantsi okuloba ashiye le ndawo ingaphazanyiswanga kwaye ininzi.
I-Pacific kunye ne-Australasian tectonic plate zingqubana ecaleni kwe-Kermadec Trench, ziphakamisa kwaye ziphose ipleyiti yase-Australasian kwaye zitshone i-Pacific plate. Umxokelelwane wentaba-mlilo wenziwa licwecwe lePasifiki elinyibilikayo njengoko litshona phantsi kwepleyiti yaseAustralasia.
Indawo yarekhodwa njenge-29.897S 177.676W, ubunzulu be-30 km
Umgama ukusuka kwiziko le-epic ngu
I-73 km ye-SSE yeSiqithi saseRaoul, eNew Zealand
989 km NE of Whangarei, New Zealand
I-1002 km ye-SSW yaseNuku`alofa, eTonga
I-1020 km NNE yaseWhakatane, eNew Zealand
I-1034 km (NE yeTauranga, New Zealand
Akukho zilumkiso ngetsunami okanye iiwotshi ezikhutshiweyo ngaphandle kwesiqithi saseRaoul. Akukho ngxelo yomonakalo okanye yokwenzakala kwale nyikima inkulu yenzeka kwiindawo ezikude kakhulu zomhlaba.
INTO ONOKUYITHATHA KWELI NQAKU:
- The Kermadec Islands are a subtropical island group in the South Pacific Ocean 800–1,000 km northeast of New Zealand’s North Island, and a similar distance southwest of Tonga.
- Iziqithi ze-Kermadec ziindawo ezibonakalayo zetyathanga malunga ne-80 volcanoes, ezolula i-2600 km phakathi kweTonga neNew Zealand.
- The Pacific and Australasian tectonic plates collide along the Kermadec Trench, lifting and buckling the Australasian plate and sinking the Pacific plate.
