Chivomezi champhamvu chagunda ku Indonesia, anthu osachepera 75 afa, masauzande atsekeredwa

JAKARTA, Indonesia - Chivomezi champhamvu chinachitika kumadzulo kwa Indonesia Lachitatu, ndikuyambitsa kugumuka kwa nthaka ndikutsekera anthu masauzande ambiri pansi pa nyumba zomwe zidagwa - kuphatikiza zipatala ziwiri, mkulu wina adati.

JAKARTA, Indonesia - Chivomezi champhamvu chinachitika kumadzulo kwa Indonesia Lachitatu, ndikuyambitsa zigumukire ndikutsekera anthu masauzande ambiri pansi pa nyumba zomwe zidagwa - kuphatikiza zipatala ziwiri, mkulu wina adati. Pafupifupi matupi 75 adapezeka, koma chiwopsezo chikuyembekezeka kukwera kwambiri.

Chivomerezicho chinayatsa moto, kudula misewu ndikudula mphamvu ndi mauthenga ku Padang, mzinda wamphepete mwa nyanja wa 900,000 pachilumba cha Sumatra. Anthu masauzande ambiri anathawa ndi mantha chifukwa choopa tsunami.

Nyumbazi zinagwedezeka pa mtunda wa makilomita mazanamazana ku Malaysia ndi Singapore.

Mumzinda wa Padang, womwe unali wapansi kwambiri, kugwedezeka kunali koopsa moti anthu ankagwada kapena kukhala mumsewu kuti asagwe. Ana anakuwa pamene anthu masauzande ambiri ankayesa kuthawa m'mphepete mwa nyanja ndi magalimoto ndi njinga zamoto, akuimba malipenga.

Chivomezi champhamvu cha 7.6 chinachitika nthawi ya 5:15 pm (1015GMT, 6:15 am EDT), pafupi ndi gombe la Padang, bungwe la US Geological Survey linanena. Zinachitika patangopita tsiku limodzi kuchokera pamene tsunami yopha anthu inagunda zilumba ku South Pacific ndipo inali yofanana ndi yomwe inayambitsa tsunami ya ku Asia ya 2004 yomwe inapha anthu 230,000 m'mayiko 11.

Chenjezo la tsunami linaperekedwa Lachitatu kwa mayiko omwe ali m'mphepete mwa nyanja ya Indian Ocean, koma linachotsedwa patatha pafupifupi ola limodzi; panalibe malipoti a mafunde aakulu.

Chivomerezicho chinaphwasula nyumba ndikugwetsa mitengo ku Padang, kuwononga mizikiti ndi mahotela ndi kuphwanya magalimoto. Phazi linkawoneka likutuluka mulu umodzi wa zinyalala. Mu mdima wa chivomezicho chitangochitika chivomezicho, anthu adalimbana ndi moto ndi ndowa zamadzi ndipo adagwiritsa ntchito manja awo posaka anthu omwe adapulumuka, kukoka zowonongeka ndikuzitaya pang'onopang'ono.

“Anthu anathamangira kumalo okwezeka. Nyumba ndi nyumba zinawonongeka kwambiri,” adatero Kasmiati, yemwe amakhala m’mphepete mwa nyanja pafupi ndi kumene chivomezicho chinayambira.

"Ndinali panja, ndiye ndili bwino, koma ana anga kunyumba adavulala," adatero foni yake isanayime. Mofanana ndi anthu ambiri a ku Indonesia, amagwiritsa ntchito dzina limodzi.

Kutayika kwa matelefoni kunakulitsa nkhawa za omwe anali kunja kwa dera lomwe lakhudzidwalo.

“Ndikufuna ndidziwe zimene zinachitikira mlongo wanga ndi mwamuna wake,” anatero Fitra Jaya, yemwe ali ndi nyumba m’tawuni ya Padang ndipo anali ku Jakarta pamene chivomezicho chinayamba. "Ndinayesa kuyimbira foni banja langa kumeneko, koma sindinapeze aliyense."

Malipoti oyambilira omwe boma lidalandira linanena kuti anthu 75 adaphedwa, koma chiwerengero chenicheni ndi "chapamwamba kwambiri," Wachiwiri kwa Purezidenti Jusuf Kalla adauza atolankhani ku likulu la Jakarta. Iye anati: “N’zovuta kudziwa chifukwa kugwa mvula yambiri komanso mdima wandiweyani.

Nduna ya Zaumoyo Siti Fadilah Supari adauza MetroTV kuti zipatala ziwiri ndi malo ogulitsira zidagwa ku Padang.

"Ili ndi tsoka lalikulu, lamphamvu kwambiri kuposa chivomezi ku Yogyakarta mu 2006 pamene anthu oposa 3,000 anafa," adatero Supari, ponena za mzinda waukulu pachilumba chachikulu cha Java ku Indonesia.

Zipatala zidavutika kuthandiza anthu ovulala pomwe abale awo anali pafupi.

Boma la Indonesia lidalengeza $10 miliyoni zothandizira thandizo ladzidzidzi ndipo magulu azachipatala ndi ndege zankhondo zidatumizidwa kukakhazikitsa zipatala zakumunda ndikugawa mahema, mankhwala ndi chakudya. Mamembala a nduna anali kukonzekera kuthekera kwa kufa masauzande ambiri.

Rustam Pakaya, wamkulu wa likulu lazamavuto la Unduna wa Zaumoyo, adati "anthu masauzande ambiri atsekeredwa pansi pa nyumba zomwe zidagwa."

"Nyumba zambiri zawonongeka kwambiri, kuphatikiza mahotela ndi mizikiti," adatero Wandono, wogwira ntchito ku Meteorology and Geophysics Agency ku Jakarta, potchula malipoti ochokera kwa okhalamo.

Kalla adati dera lomwe lakhudzidwa kwambiri ndi Pariaman, tauni ya m'mphepete mwa nyanja pafupifupi mamailo 40 (makilomita 60) kumpoto chakumadzulo kwa Padang. Sananene mwatsatanetsatane za chiwonongeko kapena imfa kumeneko.

Wailesi yakanema yakumaloko inanena za kugumuka kwa nthaka kopitilira dazeni. Ena anatsekereza misewu, zomwe zinachititsa kuti magalimoto ndi magalimoto achulukane.

Lachiwiri, chivomezi champhamvu kuchokera kuzilumba za South Pacific za Samoa, American Samoa ndi Tonga - makilomita zikwi zambiri kuchokera ku Indonesia - chinayambitsa tsunami yomwe inapha anthu oposa 100. Akatswiri amati zochitika za zivomezi sizinali zogwirizana.

Chigawo cha Aceh ku Indonesia, chomwe chinawonongedwa ndi tsunami mu 2004 ndipo anthu 130,000 anafa, ndipo Padang ali ndi vuto lomwelo. Imadutsa m'mphepete mwa gombe lakumadzulo kwa Sumatra ndipo ndi malo osonkhanitsira mbale za Eurasian ndi Pacific tectonic, zomwe zakhala zikukankhirana wina ndi mzake kwa zaka mamiliyoni ambiri, zomwe zikuyambitsa kupsinjika kwakukulu.

Asayansi akhala akunena kwanthawi yayitali kuti Padang akumana ndi vuto lofanana ndi la Aceh m'zaka zikubwerazi. Maulosi ena akuti anthu 60,000 adzaphedwa - makamaka ndi mafunde akuluakulu opangidwa ndi chivomezi cha pansi pa nyanja.

Zoneneratu zoopsazi zidafalikira ku Padang, komwe kunachitika chivomezi mu 2007 chomwe chidapha anthu ambiri.

Dziko la Indonesia, lomwe lili ndi zisumbu zopitirira 17,000, ndipo lili ndi anthu 235 miliyoni, lili m’madera osiyanasiyana ndipo limakonda kuchita zivomezi m’mphepete mwa nyanja yotchedwa Pacific Ring of Fire.

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