Kutholakale ukuzamazama komhlaba okunamandla angu-5.0 okuqhamuka ogwini lwaseTurkey i-Aegean Sea. Ukuzamazama kulandele ukuzamazama komhlaba okuyinhlekelele okubulale okungenani abangu-27 kwalimala abangaphezu kuka-800 kulo lonke elaseTurkey naseGrisi izolo.

Lokhu kuzamazama komhlaba kubikwe yi-Disaster and Emergency Management Presidency (AFAD) yaseTurkey namhlanje ekuseni. Bekungakacaci ngokushesha ukuthi lokhu kuzamazama kulimaze kakhulu yini izwe.

Ukuzamazama komhlaba okubhubhisayo, kulinganiswe u-7.0 yi I-United States Geological Survey (USGS), lashaya ugu lwase-Aegean ngoLwesihlanu ntambama. Ngaphezu kwalokho ukuzamazama komhlaba okungu-470, okungenani okungama-35 okulinganisa ngaphezu kuka-4.0 ngobukhulu, kulandele ukuzamazama komhlaba.

IZmir, idolobha lesithathu ngobukhulu eTurkey, yilo elashaywa kakhulu ukuzamazama komhlaba. Izakhiwo eziningi ezinezitezi eziningi zenziwe udoti, inqwaba yabantu ibhajwe ngaphakathi. Balinganiselwa ku-100 abantu abatakulwe kule ngqamu, kanti nemizamo yokutakula iyaqhubeka ezindaweni eziyisishiyagalombili.

Okungenani abantu abangu-25 babulawa kubandakanya nomuntu oyedwa ominzile, izibalo zakamuva zeziphathimandla zaseTurkey zibonisa. Abanye abantu ababili bashone esiqhingini saseGrisi iSamos. Abantu abangaphezu kuka-800 bathola ukulimala okuhlukahlukene emazweni womabili ngesikhathi senhlekelele.

Abaholi baseTurkey naseGrisi bakhombise ubumbano olungajwayelekile ngemuva kwale nhlekelele. UNdunankulu waseGrisi uKyriakos Mitsotakis kanye noMongameli waseTurkey uReccep Tayyip Erdogan bakhulume ocingweni bedlulisa amazwi enduduzo futhi benikana usizo komunye nomunye.

LOKHO ONGAKUTHATHE KULESI SIHLOKO:

The leaders of Turkey and Greece have shown rare solidarity in wake of the disaster.
The tremor followed the catastrophic earthquake that killed at least 27 and injured over 800 across Turkey and Greece yesterday.
Izmir, the third largest city in Turkey, was the worst hit by the earthquake.