Inyikima enkulu yaseJapan enobukhulu obuyi-7.3 ibangela isilumkiso setsunami

Inyikima enkulu yantlitha emantla eJapan ngorhatya lwangoLwesithathu, yabangela ingcebiso ngetsunami.

Amakhaya angaphezu kwezigidi ezi-2 kwi tokyo Indawo yaba mnyama emva kokuba inyikima enkulu ye-7.3 yabetha kunxweme lwaseFukushima - indawo efanayo eyatshatyalaliswa yinyikima eyi-9.0 kunye netsunami kwiminyaka eyi-11 eyadlulayo. Isixhobo sombane senyukliya saseFukushima siyanyibilika, ikhupha imitha yemitha emikhulu eyenza ukuba ezinye iindawo zalo mmandla zingahlali mntu.

I-Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings, esebenza kwiziko lenyukliya i-Fukushima Daiichi apho iinkqubo zokupholisa zasilela khona emva kwentlekele ka-2011, yathi abasebenzi abazange bafumane nto ingaqhelekanga kwindawo, eyayikwinkqubo yokuyekiswa.

I-Japan's Nuclear Regulation Authority yathi i-alam yomlilo iye yakhala kwisakhiwo se-injini ye-5 ye-reactor ye-Fukushima Daiichi kodwa kwakungekho mlilo wokwenene. Iimpompo zamanzi zedama lokupholisa lamafutha elichithiweyo kwiziko ezibini kwezine eFukushima Daini ziye zayeka okwethutyana, kodwa zaphinda zaqalisa ukusebenza. I-Fukushima Daini nayo imiselwe ukupheliswa kogunyaziso.

I-Arhente yeMeteorological Agency yaseJapan yathi inyikima yabetha i-11: 36 pm kubunzulu beekhilomitha ezingama-36 ngaphantsi kolwandle.

I-Pacific Tsunami Warning Centre yathi akusekho isoyikiso se-tsunami nangona i-Arhente ye-Meteorological Agency yase-Japan igcine isiluleko sayo somngcipheko ophantsi endaweni.

Umabonwakude wesizwe we-NHK uthe amaza e-tsunami angama-intshi ayi-8 sele efikile elunxwemeni e-Ishinomaki, malunga neekhilomitha ezingama-242 kumntla-mpuma weTokyo.