Okunye ukuzamazama komhlaba okukhulu kugadla ePapua New Guinea

I-US Geological Survey ibike ukuthi ukuzamazama komhlaba okukhulu kwe-6.9-magnitude kuhlasele ogwini lwesiqhingi sasePapua New Guinea saseNew Britain. Lena indawo efanayo nokuzamazama komhlaba okukhulu ngesonto eledlule.

IHighlands yasePapua New Guinea ihlaselwe ukuzamazama kwe-7.5 magnitude ngenyanga edlule okwadlula nemiphefumulo yabantu okungenani abangu-125. Kulinganiselwa ukuthi bangu-270,000 abantu abasadinga usizo oluphuthumayo kanye nosizo.

Isizinda sokuzamazama komhlaba singamakhilomitha angu-156 eningizimu-ntshonalanga ye-Kokopo esifundazweni sase-East New Britain.

I-US Geological Survey ibike ukuthi amagagasi e-tsunami afinyelela kumitha elilodwa angenzeka ezindaweni ezisogwini lwasePapua New Guinea futhi afike kumasentimitha angama-30 ezindaweni ezisogwini lweSolomon Islands.