Ukuzamazama komhlaba okungu-7.0 kuhlasele ogwini lwase-Indonesia Chili Isiqhingi sibulale okungenani abantu abangu-19, kusho abatakuli. Kwaphinde kwakhishwa isexwayiso nge-tsunami, kodwa sabizwa emahoreni ambalwa kamuva.
"Imininingwane yakamuva esinayo ukuthi abantu abangu-19 bashonile esibhedlela saseTanjung" eNorth Lombok, u-Agus Hendra Sanjaya, okhulumela i-Mataram search and rescue, kusho okhulumela i-search and rescue. Kunengane eneminyaka engu-72 ubudala kanye neyodwa kwababulewe, wengeza.
Kurekhodwe enyakatho yendawo yesiqhingi esishisayo, ukuzamazama komhlaba kwenzeke ngabo-6:46pm ngesikhathi sendawo.
Isikhungo sikahulumeni wase-Indonesia i-BMKG sikhiphe isexwayiso nge-tsunami, kodwa yasisusa ngemuva kwamahora ambalwa. Amanzi olwandle abengene ezigodini ezimbili eLombok ezingeni lamasentimitha ayi-10 kuye kwayi-13, uDwikorita Karnawati, inhloko yesikhungo se-meteorology, climatology kanye ne-geophysics, etshela izindaba zikamabonakude wendawo.
Imibiko yokuqala iphakamisa ukuthi ukuzamazama komhlaba kwenzeke endaweni ejule ngamakhilomitha angu-10.5. Abantu banxuswe ukuthi balandele imigudu yezokuphepha ebekwe ngabezimo eziphuthumayo.
Ukuzamazama komhlaba kwangeSonto kungokwesibili ukuhlasela lesi siqhingi esikhathini esingangesonto ngemuva kokuzamazama okungu-6.4 magnitude kwashona abantu abangu-14 kule ndawo ngempelasonto edlule.
I-Lombok inabantu abangaphezu kwezigidi ezi-3. Lesi siqhingi siyindawo edumile yama-backpacker.
ILombok iyisiqhingi esiseNtshonalanga yeNusa Tenggara esifundazweni, e-Indonesia. Iyingxenye yochungechunge lwe-Lesser Sunda Islands, ne-Lombok Strait eyihlukanisa ne-Bali ukuya entshonalanga kanye ne-Alas Strait phakathi kwayo neSumbawa empumalanga. Icishe ibe yindilinga, “inomsila” (iNhlonhlo yaseSekotong) eningizimu-ntshonalanga, cishe amakhilomitha angama-70 (amamayela angu-43) ngaphesheya kanye nendawo engaba ngamakhilomitha-skwele ayi-4,514 (amamayela-skwele ayi-1,743). Inhloko-dolobha yesifundazwe kanye nedolobha elikhulu kunawo wonke esiqhingini iMataram.
I-Lombok icishe ifane ngosayizi nokuminyana, futhi yabelana ngamasiko athile nesiqhingi esingumakhelwane i-Bali ngasentshonalanga. Kodwa-ke, iyingxenye yezokuphatha yeNusa Tenggara, kanye nesiqhingi esikhulu nesinabantu abambalwa seSumbawa ngasempumalanga. I-Lombok izungezwe iziqhingi ezimbalwa endaweni ezibizwa ngokuthi i-Gili.
Lesi siqhingi sasiyikhaya labantu base-Indonesia abangaba izigidi ezingu-3.35 njengoba kwabhalwa ngonyaka wokubalwa kwabantu kwango-2014; Ubalobantu luka-2014 okuholele ekutheni inani labantu libe yizi-3,352,988.
