INtaba i-Etna yaseSicily yabangela inyikima eyayibonakala iphantsi, kodwa yenzakalisa abantu abangama-4.8 yaza yabangela umonakalo kwizakhiwo nokuvalwa kwendlela.
Intaba-mlilo iphinde yaphila ngoMvulo kwaye ikhupha udaka olusuka kwindawo entsha. Le nyikima yamva nje ibiyeyona inkulu ukusukela ngoMvulo ukudala ilifu lothuthu elikhokelele ekuvalweni okwethutyana kwendawo yomoya yaseSicilian ngoBusuku bangaphambi kweKrisimesi.
Iziko lesizwe lase-Italiya le-geophysics kunye ne-volcanology (INGV) lathi inyikima, eyabetha ngo-3: 19 am, yayiyi-1 km ubunzulu. Ubhubhani wawusemantla esixeko saseCatania kwaye umonakalo wabangela ukuba iintsapho ezininzi zichithe ubusuku ezitratweni.
Ukulimala okuncinci kugcinwe ngabantu be-28, amagosa athi, kwaye abantu be-2 bahlangulwa kwisakhiwo esidilikileyo. Abahlali ababetyhwatyhwa babaleka baphuma kumakhaya abo njengoko ezo nyikima zazibetha. Kwidolophu encinci yasePennisi, kwiphondo laseCatania, umfanekiso oqingqiweyo waseSant'Emidio, umkhuseli wokuzamazama komhlaba, wawa kwisikwere esikhulu.
Ugqabhuko-dubulo lwangoMvulo lwenzeke kwicala leNtaba i-Etna kwaye yaba lugqabhuko-dubulo lokuqala olusecaleni kwiminyaka elishumi. Intaba-mlilo eziimitha ezingama-3,300 2,700 iye yagqabhuka rhoqo kule minyaka ingama-2017 2009 idluleyo. Eyona nto yakutshanje yenzeke entwasahlobo ka-XNUMX, kunye nokuqhuma kwayo okukhulu kokugqibela ekuqaleni kwe-XNUMX.
Ukwanda kwentshukumo yenyikima kule nyanga nako kushukumise ummandla ongqonge iVesuvius, intaba-mlilo enkulu kwiGulf of Naples. Ihlaliswe ngabantu abazizigidi ezi-3, nto leyo eyenza ukuba ibe ngowona mmandla uxineneyo wentaba-mlilo ehlabathini.
UMarco Neri, ingcaphephe kwintaba-mlilo nelungu le-INGV, wathi: “Intshukumo yakutshanje yenyikima ebangelwa lugqabhuko-dubulo oluqhubekayo asinto ingaqhelekanga kodwa isenokuba yingozi.” U-Eugenio Privitera, umlawuli we-INGV eCatania, wathi: "Asikwazi ukukhuphela ngaphandle iifractures kwinqanaba eliphantsi. Lo msebenzi unamandla wenyikima uyaxhalabisa. Indikhumbuza ngogqabhuko-dubulo ngowe-1984 olwabulala indoda enye.”
UGaetano Maenza, ilungu lombutho wase-Italiya weengcali ngezendalo kunye nomkhokeli wokutolika, ohlala kwidolophu ekwiikhilomitha ezimbalwa ukusuka kwintaba-mlilo, uxelele uMgcini-mlilo: “Ukungcangcazela ngexesha logqabhuko-dubulo kuyinto eqhelekileyo apha. Into engaqhelekanga yinqanaba lobukhulu obubangelwa ngu-Etna. Andikhumbuli ukuba nzulu ngolo hlobo. Kwakusoyikeka.”
INTO ONOKUYITHATHA KWELI NQAKU:
- In the small town of Pennisi, in the province of Catania, a statue of Sant'Emidio, a protector against earthquakes, collapsed in the main square.
- Gaetano Maenza, a member of the Italian professional association of nature and interpretive guide, who lives in a town a few miles from the volcano, told the Guardian.
- The epicenter was to the north of the port city of Catania and the damage caused several families to spend the night in the streets.
