Inyikima enkulu eyi-7.0 ihlasele unxweme lwase-Indonesia Lombok Isiqithi sibulala ubuncinci abantu be-19, utshilo abahlanguli. Isilumkiso se-tsunami sikhutshiwe, kodwa sabizwa iiyure ezimbalwa kamva.
"Idatha yamvanje esinayo yeyokuba abantu be-19 baswelekile kwisibhedlele saseTanjung" eMantla Lombok, uAgus Hendra Sanjaya, isithethi sokukhangela kunye nokuhlangula seMataram, utshilo. Kukho umntwana oneminyaka engama-72 ubudala kunye nomntwana ononyaka omnye phakathi kwabo babuleweyo, wongeza.
Erekhodwe emantla esiqithi esishushu, inyikima yenzeke malunga ne-6: 46 ngokuhlwa.
Iarhente yejoloji yaseburhulumenteni yaseIndonesia iBMKG ekuqaleni yakhupha isilumkiso ngetsunami, kodwa yasiphakamisa emva kweeyure ezininzi. Amanzi olwandle angene kwiilali ezimbini eLombok kwinqanaba le-10 ukuya kwi-13 yeesentimitha, uDwikorita Karnawati, intloko ye-arhente yemeteorology, iklimatology kunye ne-geophysics, uxelele iindaba zikamabonwakude walapha.
Iingxelo zokuqala zibonisa ukuba inyikima yenzeke kubunzulu beekhilomitha ezili-10.5. Abantu babongozwa ukuba balandele iinkqubo zokhuseleko ezibekwe ziinkonzo zongxamiseko.
Inyikima yangeCawa yeyesibini ukubetha esiqithini kwiveki emva kwenyikima enkulu engu-6.4 ishiye abantu abali-14 beswelekile kule ndawo kwimpelaveki ephelileyo.
ILombok inabemi abangaphezulu nje kwezigidi ezi-3 zabantu. Esi siqithi yindawo eyaziwayo yokuhamba ngobhaka.
ILombok sisiqithi esikwiphondo laseNtshona Nusa Tenggara, eIndonesia. Iyinxalenye yetyathanga leziQithi zeSunda eziMncinci, kunye neLombok Strait ezahlulahlula iBali ukuya entshona kunye neAltrait phakathi kwayo neSumbawa empuma. Isangqa ngokulinganayo, kunye "nomsila" (Sekotong Peninsula) emzantsi-ntshona, malunga neekhilomitha ezingama-70 (iikhilomitha ezingama-43) ukunqumla kunye nommandla opheleleyo omalunga ne-4,514 yeekhilomitha (1,743 yeekhilomitha). Ikomkhulu lephondo kunye nesona sixeko sikhulu kwisiqithi yiMataram.
ILombok iyafana ngobukhulu kunye noxinano, kwaye yabelana ngelifa lenkcubeko kunye nesiqithi esingumakhelwane saseBali ngasentshona. Nangona kunjalo, iyinxalenye yolawulo lweNtshona Nusa Tenggara, kunye nesiqithi esikhudlwana nesinabemi abambalwa eSumbawa empuma. ILombok ingqongwe ziziqithi ezincinanana ekuthiwa yiGili.
Isiqithi sasilikhaya labantu abamalunga ne-3.35 yezigidi base-Indonesia njengoko kubhalwe kubalo lwabantu lwango-2014; Ubalo luka-2014 olukhokelele kubemi njenge-3,352,988.
