Inyikima enkulu eyi-7.0 yabetha iPapua New Guinea ngentsimbi yesi-7: 00 kusasa. Yayomelele ngokwaneleyo ukukhupha isilumkiso se-tsunami.
IZiko eliLumkisa ngeTsunami ePacific lithe amaza angaphantsi kweesentimitha ezingama-30 ukuphakama anokulindeleka kunxweme lwasePapua New Guinea nakwiziqithi ezikufutshane zaseSolomon Islands.
Inyikima yahlasela isiqithi esikude saseNew Britain, kwaye akukho ngxelo yomonakalo ekhutshiweyo. Intsikima yenyikima ibibekwe malunga neekhilomitha ezingama-200 kumazantsi-ntshona eRabaul kubunzulu beekhilomitha ezingama-40.
Kubekho ubuncinci ukulandela emva kwe-2 ngobukhulu obungaphezulu kwe-5 ukusukela ngoko.
INTO ONOKUYITHATHA KWELI NQAKU:
- IZiko eliLumkisa ngeTsunami ePacific lithe amaza angaphantsi kweesentimitha ezingama-30 ukuphakama anokulindeleka kunxweme lwasePapua New Guinea nakwiziqithi ezikufutshane zaseSolomon Islands.
- Inyikima yahlasela isiqithi esisemagqagaleni saseNew Britain, kwaye akukho ngxelo yomonakalo ikhutshiweyo.
- Indawo eyaqala kuyo le nyikima yayikumgama oziikhilomitha ezingama-200 kumzantsi-ntshona weRabaul kubunzulu beekhilomitha ezingama-40.
