Kwafunyanwa uqhushululu lomhlaba olomeleleyo olungu-5.0 kunxweme lwaseTurkey iAegean. Inyikima ilandele inyikima eyabulala ubuncinci i-27 yaza yalimala ngaphezulu kwama-800 kwiTurkey naseGrisi izolo.
Isithintelo emva kwengxelo saxelwa nguMongameli weNtlekele kunye noLawulo oluNgxamisekileyo lwaseTurkey (AFAD) kwangoko namhlanje. Akuzange kucace kwangoko ukuba inyikima yenze umonakalo ongaphezulu kweli.
Inyikima etshabalalisayo, ilinganiswe ngo-7.0 ngu Uphando lweGeological eMelika (USGS), wabetha unxweme lweAegean ngolwesiHlanu emva kwemini. Okungakumbi kukuba emva kweenyikima zomhlaba ezingama-470, ubuncinci ngama-35 ukulinganisa ngaphezulu kwe-4.0 ngobukhulu, kwalandela inyikima.
I-Izmir, isixeko sesithathu ngobukhulu eTurkey, yeyona ndawo yabethwa kakhulu yinyikima. Izakhiwo ezininzi ezinamabali amaninzi zincitshisiwe zaba yingqushu, uninzi lwabantu lubhajwe ngaphakathi. Abantu abamalunga ne-100 bahlangulwe kuloo nkunkuma, kwaye iinzame zokuhlangula ziyaqhubeka kwiindawo ezisibhozo.
Ubuncinci abantu abangama-25 babulawa kubandakanya umntu omnye othe warhaxwa, amanani amva abasemagunyeni baseTurkey abonisa. Abanye abantu ababini basweleka kwisiqithi saseGrisi iSamos. Ngabantu abangaphezulu kwama-800 abonzakeleyo ngeendlela ezahlukeneyo kumazwe amabini ngexesha lentlekele.
Iinkokeli zaseTurkey naseGrisi zibonise ubumbano obunqabileyo emva kwentlekele. Inkulumbuso yase-Greek uKyriakos Mitsotakis kunye noMongameli wase-Turkey u-Recep Tayyip Erdogan bathethe emnxebeni, bevakalisa amazwi ovelwano kwaye bencedana.
INTO ONOKUYITHATHA KWELI NQAKU:
- Iinkokeli zaseTurkey naseGrisi zibonakalise ubumbano olunqabileyo ngenxa yale ntlekele.
- Olu nyikima lwalandela inyikima eye yabulala abantu abangama-27 yaza yenzakala abantu abangaphezu kwama-800 kulo lonke elaseTurkey naseGrisi izolo.
- I-Izmir, isixeko sesithathu ngobukhulu eTurkey, sesona santlithwa kakhulu yinyikima.
