Ukuzamazama komhlaba okukhulu kuhlasele maphakathi neChile, kwashona okungenani abantu abangu-122, kusho umongameli okhethiwe wezwe.
Ukuzamazama okungu-8.8 magnitude ku-0634 GMT cishe ku-115km (70 miles) enyakatho-mpumalanga yedolobha laseConcepcion kanye no-325km eningizimu-ntshonalanga yenhloko-dolobha, iSantiago.
UMongameli Michelle Bachelet umemezele "isimo senhlekelele" ezindaweni ezithintekile futhi wanxusa ukuthi kuthuleke.
I-tsumami eyabangelwa ukuzamazama ibangele izixwayiso emazweni asePacific kusukela eJapane kuya eNew Zealand.
I-Sirens ixwayise abantu ukuthi bathuthele ezindaweni eziphakeme eFrench Polynesia naseHawaii.
Ukuzamazama komhlaba kukhulu kakhulu oseke wagadla e-Chile eminyakeni engu-50.
ISantiago nayo ibiphakathi kwezindawo ezalimala kakhulu. Okungenani abantu abangu-13 babulawa lapho. Inqwaba yezakhiwo ziwile. Indawo yokupaka izimoto enamaleveli amabili yayisicaba, yaphihliza inqwaba yezimoto.
Umlilo oqubuke embonini yamakhemikhali emaphethelweni enhlokodolobha uphoqe ukuthi kuphume abantu endaweni.
Izibalo ezisemthethweni zithi bangu-34 abantu abashonile esifundeni saseMaule, kanti nokufa kubikiwe esifundeni sase-O'Higgins, eBiobio, e-Araucania naseValparaiso.
Umongameli oqokwe eChile uSebastian Pinera, okufanele athathe izintambo ngenyanga ezayo, ubeke isibalo sabashonile ku-122, wengeza ngokuthi singase sinyuke.
Umabonakude kazwelonke uthe balinganiselwa ku-150 abantu asebebulewe.
Ngemva kokuzamazama
Izikhulu zaseChile zithe kuze kube manje, idolobha elithinteke kakhulu libukeka njengeParral, eduze kwalesi sigameko.
Izithombe zikamabonakude zikhombise ibhuloho elikhulu eConcepcion liwele emfuleni iBiobio.
Amathimba abatakuli akuthola kunzima ukufinyelela eConcepcion ngenxa yokulimala kwengqalasizinda, kubika ithelevishini kazwelonke.
UKUZAMAZAMA KOMHLABA OKUNAMANDLA
E-Haiti, ngomhla ka-12 Jan 2010: Cishe abantu abangu-230,000 bafa ngemva kokuzamazama komhlaba okungajulile okungu-7.0
Sumatra, Indonesia, 26 Dec 2004: 9.2 magnitude. Ibangela i-tsunami yase-Asia ebulala abantu abacishe babe ngu-250,000
Alaska, US, 28 March 1964: 9.2 magnitude; Kwabulawa abantu abangu-128. I-anchorage ilimele kakhulu
Chile, eningizimu yeConcepcion, 22 May 1960: 9.5 magnitude. Cishe bangu-1,655 abafayo. I-tsunami ihlasela i-Hawaii ne-Japan
Kamchatka, NE Russia, 4 Nov 1952: 9.0 magnitude
UMongameli Bachelet uthe: “Abantu kufanele bahlale bezolile. Senza konke esingakwenza ngawo wonke amandla esinawo.”
Unksz Bachelet uthe "igagasi elikhulu" lithinte iqembu leziqhingi zaseJuan Fernandez, lafinyelela maphakathi nendawo eyodwa eyakhiwe. Bathathu abantu abalahlekile, kusho abezindaba bendawo. Kubikwa ukuthi imikhumbi yosizo emibili isendleleni.
Ukulimala kwesikhumulo sezindiza samazwe ngamazwe saseSantiago kuzosigcina sivaliwe okungenani amahora angama-72, kusho izikhulu. Izindiza ziyadluliselwa eMendoza e-Argentina.
Esinye isakhamuzi saseChillan, eqhele ngamakhilomitha angu-100 ukusuka kule ndawo, sitshele ithelevishini yaseChile ukuthi ukuzamazama kwathatha imizuzu emibili.
Ezinye izakhamizi zaseChillan naseCurico zithe ezokuxhumana ziphansi kodwa amanzi asekhona.
Iningi lamawebhusayithi ezindaba e-Chile neziteshi zomsakazo azikatholakali.
EWashington, uNobhala Wezindaba eWhite House uRobert Gibbs uthe i-US isiqaphe isimo, wengeza ngokuthi: "Simi ngomumo ukusiza [eChile] ngalesi sikhathi sesidingo."
I-US Geological Survey (USGS) ithe ukuzamazama komhlaba kugasele endaweni engaba ngu-35km ukujula.
Iphinde yaqopha ukuzamazama komhlaba okuyisishiyagalombili, okukhulu kunakho konke okungu-6.9 magnitude ngo-0801 GMT.
I-USGS ithe imiphumela ye-tsunami ibonwe eValparaiso, entshonalanga yeSantiago, enegagasi lokuphakama elingu-1.69m ngaphezu kwezinga elijwayelekile lolwandle.
Enye intatheli ekhuluma nethelevishini kazwelonke yaseChile edolobheni iTemuco, eliqhele ngamakhilomitha angu-600 eningizimu yeSantiago, ithe abantu abaningi lapho bashiye amakhaya abo, bezimisele ngokuchitha ubusuku bonke ngaphandle. Abanye abantu emigwaqweni babechiphiza izinyembezi.
I-Chile isengozini enkulu yokuzamazama komhlaba njengoba isendaweni yasePacific “Rim of Fire”, emaphethelweni amapuleti asePacific naseNingizimu Melika.
IChile yabhekana nokuzamazama komhlaba okukhulu kwekhulu lama-20 lapho ukuzamazama komhlaba okunesilinganiso esingu-9.5 magnitude kuhlasela idolobha laseValdivia ngo-1960, kwashona abantu abangu-1,655 XNUMX.
Ingabe use-Chile? Ingabe uke wabhekana nokuzamazama komhlaba? Sithumele imibono yakho, izithombe namavidiyo. i-imeyili: [i-imeyili ivikelwe]
