I-United States Geological Survey (USGS) ibike ukuba isiqithi esikhulu sase-Indonesia saseJava sihlaselwe yinyikima enamandla namhlanje.
Inyikima yayinobukhulu be-5.6, kunye ne-epicenter yayo kwindawo yaseCianjur kwintshona yesiqithi.
Ezi nyikima zibangele umonakalo omkhulu kule ndawo, kwaye abantu abaninzi baye babulawa zinyikima, ngokokutsho kwabasemagunyeni.
“Amakhulu, mhlawumbi amawaka ezindlu wonakalisiwe. Ukuza kuthi ga ngoku, bangama-44 abantu ababhubhileyo, ”utshilo isithethi solawulo lwasekhaya kwidolophu yaseCianjur.
Idolophu nesithili saseCianjur, esinabemi abamalunga ne-175,000, imi malunga neekhilomitha ezili-120 kumzantsi-mpuma wekomkhulu laseIndonesia, iJakarta.
Kwangoko, intloko yolawulo lukaCianjur yathetha malunga nokufa kwabantu abaliqela kwaye ubuncinci abantu abangama-300 bonzakala, uninzi lwabo balaliswe esibhedlele ngenxa yokwaphuka ngenxa yokubanjiswa ngamabhodlo ezakhiwo.
Iinyikima ezisuka kwinyikima ziye zavakala ukuya kutsho kwikomkhulu laseJakarta, apho abantu begxalathelana ngaphandle kwezakhiwo. Nangona kunjalo, akukhange kubekho ngxelo ukuza kuthi ga ngoku malunga nokufa okanye ukutshatyalaliswa kwikomkhulu lase-Indonesia.
Isebe lemozulu kweli lizwe lilumkise abahlali ngelithi “kusenokubakho iinyikima emva koko” yaza yacela abaninimzi ukuba bayeke ukubuyela emakhayeni abo okwangoku.
I-Indonesia ikwindawo ebizwa ngokuba yi-'Pacific Ring of Fire', apho iipleyiti ezininzi zetectonic zidibana khona, ezikhokelela kuninzi lweentaba-mlilo kunye neenyikima zomhlaba, kwaye ayiqhelekanga kwiinyikima ezibulalayo.
Inyikima ye-6.2-magnitude yahlasela iSiqithi saseSulawesi ngoJanuwari wonyaka ophelileyo, yabulala abantu abangaphezu kwe-100 kwaye yatshabalalisa amawakawaka amakhaya.
