Tsunami ifika ku Hawaii ndi US West Coast

Pamene kuwala koyamba kumatuluka Lachisanu ku Hawaii, akuluakulu a boma adanena kuti palibe kuwonongeka kwakukulu kwa mafunde angapo a tsunami omwe anagunda zilumbazi pambuyo pa chivomezi chakupha ku Japan.

Mafunde a tsunami adasefukira m'mphepete mwa nyanja ku Hawaii ndikuphwanya gombe lakumadzulo kwa US Lachisanu koma sanawononge nthawi yomweyo atasakaza Japan ndikuyambitsa anthu othawa kwawo ku Pacific.

Kauai anali woyamba pa zilumba za ku Hawaii zomwe zinakhudzidwa ndi tsunami, yomwe inayambitsidwa ndi chivomezi ku Japan. Madzi anathamangira kumtunda pafupifupi mamita 11 kufupi ndi Kealakekua Bay, kumadzulo kwa Chilumba Chachikulu, ndipo anafika pamalo ofikira alendo a hotelo. Kunanenedwa kuti kusefukira kwa madzi ku Maui, ndipo madzi anasefukira m’misewu ya pachisumbu Chachikulu.

Asayansi ndi akuluakulu adachenjeza kuti mafunde oyamba a tsunami sakhala amphamvu nthawi zonse ndipo adati anthu okhala m'mphepete mwa nyanja ayenera kuyang'ana mafunde amphamvu ndikumvera zopempha kuti asamuke.

"Chenjezo la tsunami silinathe," atero Gov. Hawaii Neil Abercrombie. “Tikuwona zinthu zoipa, makamaka pa Maui ndi pachilumba Chachikulu. Sitikudziwanso bwino m'madera ena onse. "

Madzi okwera adafika kugombe lakumadzulo kwa US pofika 11:30 am EST Lachisanu, atalamulidwa kuti asamuke ndipo magombe atsekedwa m'mphepete mwa nyanja yonse.

Asodzi mumzinda wa Crescent, Calif., - kumene tsunami mu 1964 inapha anthu 11 - anawombera mabwato awo a nkhanu ndikuchoka padoko kuti atuluke.

Ma Sirens analira kwa maola ambiri kusanache m’mphepete mwa nyanja, ndipo ku Hawaii, misewu ndi magombe anali opanda kanthu pamene tsunami inakantha. Pamene ma siren ankalira usiku wonse, anthu ambiri anatuluka m’mphepete mwa nyanja ndi m’madera otsika.

Sabrina Skiles, yemwe anagona usiku wonse ku ofesi ya mwamuna wake m’tauni ya Kahului ku Maui, anati: “Ndimadikira kuti ndione ngati ndikugwira ntchito komanso ngati ndingapeze ntchito. Nyumba yawo, yomwe inali kutsidya lina la gombe, inali m’malo oti anthu athawemo. “Akunena kuti zoyipitsitsa zatha pakadali pano koma timangomva malipoti akuti ‘musapite kulikonse. Simukufuna kupita mwamsanga.’”

Tsunami, yomwe idayambika ndi chivomezi champhamvu cha 8.9 ku Japan, idagunda gombe lakum'mawa kwa Japan, ndikusesa mabwato, magalimoto, nyumba ndi anthu pomwe moto womwe wafala kwambiri unkayaka osawongoka. Idathamanga kudutsa Pacific pa 500 mph - mwachangu ngati jetliner - ngakhale mafunde a tsunami amayenda m'mphepete mwa liwiro labwinobwino.

Purezidenti Barack Obama adati Federal Emergency Management Agency ndiyokonzeka kuthandiza mayiko a Hawaii ndi West Coast ngati pakufunika. Odula a Coast Guard ndi ogwira ntchito pa ndege anali akudzikonzekeretsa kuti akhale okonzeka kuchita ntchito zoyankha ndi kufufuza zinthu zikangolora.

Aka ndi kachiŵiri pakangotha ​​chaka chimodzi kuti Hawaii ndi gombe lakumadzulo kwa US akumane ndi vuto la tsunami yaikulu. Chivomezi champhamvu cha 8.8 ku Chile chinapereka machenjezo pa Feb. 27, 2010, koma mafunde anali ang'onoang'ono kuposa momwe adaneneratu ndipo pafupifupi palibe kuwonongeka komwe kunanenedwa.

Asayansi adavomereza kuti adawonjezera chiwopsezocho koma adateteza zomwe adachita, ponena kuti adachitapo kanthu ndipo adaphunzirapo za tsunami ya 2004 ku Indonesia yomwe idapha anthu masauzande ambiri omwe sanalandire chenjezo lokwanira.

Zilumba zambiri ku Pacific zidasamuka pambuyo poti machenjezo aperekedwa, koma akuluakulu adauza anthu kuti apite kwawo chifukwa mafunde sanali oyipa monga momwe amayembekezera.

Ku Guam, mafundewo anathyola zombo ziwiri zankhondo za ku United States kuchokera m’mabwato awo, koma mabwato okoka analumikiza mabwatowo ndikuwabweretsanso kumalo awo. Palibe kuwonongeka komwe kunanenedwa kwa zombo za Navy ku Hawaii.

Machenjezo operekedwa ndi likulu la chenjezo la Pacific Tsunami Warning Center ku Hawaii anakhudza dera lonse la kumadzulo kwa gombe la United States ndi Canada kuchokera kumalire a Mexico kupita ku Chignik Bay ku Alaska.

M'chigawo cha Canada pacific Coast ku British Columbia, akuluakulu a boma adasamutsa ma marina, magombe ndi madera ena.

Ku Alaska, madera ang'onoang'ono khumi ndi awiri omwe ali m'mphepete mwa chilumba cha Aleutian anali tcheru, koma panalibe malipoti a kuwonongeka kwa mafunde opitirira mamita asanu.

Akuluakulu m'maboma awiri a m'mphepete mwa nyanja ku Washington adagwiritsa ntchito makina odziwitsa anthu mafoni, kuyimbira foni anthu okhala m'mphepete mwa nyanja komanso m'madera otsika ndikuwapempha kuti asamukire kumtunda.

“Sitikufunadi kulira nkhandwe,” anatero Sheriff Scott Johnson wa ku Pacific County ku Washington. "Tikuyenera kukhulupirira kuti tikuchita zoyenera kutengera zomwe tadziwa. Sitikufuna kulakwa ndi kuvulaza kapena kupha anthu.

Ku Oregon, ma siren adaphulika m'madera ena akumphepete mwa nyanja ndipo hotelo imodzi idasamutsidwa kumpoto kwa boma. Malo odyera, malo ogulitsira mphatso ndi mabizinesi ena akumphepete mwa nyanja adatsekedwa, ndipo masukulu mmwamba ndi pansi pagombe adatsekedwa.

Rockne Berge, mwini wa By The Sea Motel ku Port Orford, pagombe lakumwera kwa Oregon, adati adawona mchenga wonyowa pafupifupi mayadi 50 m'lifupi - chizindikiro cha mafunde akulu kuposa masiku onse. Anthu adapeza malingaliro pa bluffs pamwamba pa gombe kuti awonere mafunde, adatero.

"Zikuwoneka ngati malo oimika magalimoto pamsika wa Khrisimasi," adatero.

Ku Santa Cruz, Calif., mafunde obwerera anasweka mabwato angapo ndi doko, koma oyenda panyanja amene anathamangira ku gombe kukagwira mafunde sanafooke.

“Mafunde ali bwino, kusefukira kuli bwino, nyengo ndi yabwino, tsunami ilipo. Tikutuluka, "atero a William Hill, wankhondo waku California yemwe sali pantchito.

Maboma aku Latin America analamula anthu okhala m’zilumba ndi okhala m’mphepete mwa nyanja kuti apite kumalo okwera. Oyamba omwe adakhudzidwa ndi chilumba cha Isitala ku Chile, kumadera akutali aku South Pacific, pafupifupi mamailo 2,175 kumadzulo kwa likulu la Santiago, komwe anthu adakonza zochoka mtawuni yokhayo. Purezidenti wa Ecuador Rafael Correa adalengeza za ngozi ndipo adalamula kuti anthu azilumba za Galapagos ndi m'mphepete mwa nyanjayi kuti azifunafuna malo okwera.

Chenjezo la tsunami lidaperekedwa Lachisanu nthawi ya 3:31 am EST. Sirens adayimba pafupifupi mphindi 30 pambuyo pake ku Honolulu kuchenjeza anthu okhala m'mphepete mwa nyanja kuti asamuke. Pafupifupi 70 peresenti ya anthu 1.4 miliyoni a ku Hawaii amakhala ku Honolulu, ndipo alendo okwana 100,000 amakhala mumzinda tsiku lililonse.

Lachisanu, Honolulu International Airport idakhalabe yotseguka koma ma jeti asanu ndi awiri kapena asanu ndi atatu opita ku Hawaii atembenuka, kuphatikiza ena aku Japan, dipatimenti yowona zamayendedwe idatero. Madoko onse atsekedwa ndipo zombo zinalamulidwa kuti zichoke padoko.

Dipatimenti ya Emergency Management ya Honolulu yakhazikitsa malo othawirako kumalo osungiramo anthu komanso masukulu, ndipo akuluakulu a chilumba cha Kauai atsegula masukulu 11 kuti akhale ngati malo ogona kwa omwe achoka m'madera okhudzidwa ndi tsunami.

Chivomezi chaching'ono cha 4.5-magnitude chinagunda pachilumba chachikulu nthawi ya 5 koloko m'mawa EST isanakwane, koma panalibe malipoti okhudza zowonongeka komanso zivomezi sizinali zokhudzana ndi chilengedwe, katswiri wa geophysicist wa United States Geological Survey adati.

Dennis Fujimoto adanena Lachisanu koyambirira kuti mkhalidwewo uli bata koma okhudzidwa pachilumba cha Kauai pomwe anthu akuwerengera tsunami.

Mizere yayitali yomwe idapangidwa pamalo okwerera mafuta ndipo anthu amapita ku Wal-Mart kukasunga zinthu.

"Mwachititsa anthu kutuluka m'menemo ndi ngolo zamadzi," adatero.

Chivomezi chachikulu kwambiri chomwe chinagunda ku US chinali tsunami ya 1946 yomwe idachitika chifukwa cha chivomezi chachikulu cha 8.1 pafupi ndi zilumba za Unimak, Alaska, chomwe chidapha anthu 165, makamaka ku Hawaii. Mu 1960, chivomezi champhamvu cha 9.5 kumwera kwa Chile chinayambitsa tsunami yomwe inapha anthu osachepera 1,716, kuphatikizapo anthu 61 ku Hilo. Inawononganso mbali yaikulu ya mzindawu. Ku US mainland, tsunami ya 1964 kuchokera ku chivomezi cha 9.2 magnitude ku Prince William Sound, Alaska, idagunda Washington State, Oregon ndi California. Idapha anthu 128, kuphatikiza 11 ku Crescent City, Calif.