I-Ecuador ibisesimweni esiphuthumayo ngeSonto ngemuva kokuzamazama komhlaba okunamandla okucekele phansi izakhiwo kwacekela phansi amadolobha asogwini olusenyakatho-ntshonalanga yezwe ngoMgqibelo ebusuku.
Okungenani abantu abangu-77 bashonile kwathi abangu-588 balimala, kusho iPhini likaMongameli uJorge Glas, ngemuva kokuzamazama komhlaba okunamandla angu-7.8 ngaphambi kwehora lesikhombisa ebusuku (7pm ET).
Izimo eziphuthumayo zimenyezelwe ezifundazweni zase-Esmeraldas, eLos Rios, eManabi, eSanta Elena, eGuayas naseSanto Domingo. Ukuzamazama kuzwakale kakhulu enhlokodolobha yezwe iQuito, eqhele ngamakhilomitha angu-100.
UGlas uthe amasosha angu-10,000 kanye namaphoyisa angu-3,500 athunyelwe ezindaweni ezithintekile. Khonamanjalo, uMnyango Wezangaphakathi uthe izindiza ezinophephela emhlane ezinhlanu namabhasi angaphezu kuka-80 bezithwele amaphoyisa angu-4,000 XNUMX lapho bekuzamazama khona.
Iziphathimandla zithe ukudilika kwenhlabathi kwenza kube nzima ukuthi abezimo eziphuthumayo bafinyelele emadolobheni ahlaselwe kakhulu ukuzamazama komhlaba.
"Sizama ukwenza konke esingakwenza, kodwa cishe akukho esingakwenza," kusho uGabriel Alcivar, imeya yasePedernales, idolobhana labantu abangu-40,000 eduze nendawo okuzamazame kuyo ukuzamazama komhlaba, ngokusho kwe-Associated Press.
U-Alcivar unxuse iziphathimandla ukuthi zithumele imishini enyakazisa umhlaba kanye nabatakuli bezimo eziphuthumayo njengoba inqwaba yamabhilidi edolobheni aye acaba, avale izakhamuzi phakathi kwemfucumfucu. Uthe kuqubuke ukuphanga phakathi nalezi zinxushunxushu kodwa iziphathimandla zimatasatasa zizama ukusindisa izimpilo zabantu ukuze ziphinde zihlele kabusha.
“Lena bekungeyona nje indlu edilikile, bekuyidolobha lonke,” usho kanje.
I-Geophysics Institute yaleli zwe embikweni wachaza “umonakalo omkhulu” endaweni yesigameko esicekeleke phansi naseGuayaquil.
Isizinda sokuzamazama komhlaba singamakhilomitha angu-16 eningizimu-mpumalanga yedolobha elisogwini i-Muisne, elisogwini olusenyakatho-ntshonalanga yezwe, kusho abe-US Geological Survey. Ukuzamazama kuqoshwe ekujuleni okungamakhilomitha angu-12.
Kushone umuntu oyedwa ngesikhathi kuwa i-overpass yaphihliza imoto edolobheni elikhulu kunawo wonke ezweni, iGuayaquil, eliqhele ngamakhilomitha angu-200 eningizimu yeMuisne. Omunye obekule moto usindile waphuthunyiswa esibhedlela, kusho iziphathimandla.
Ividiyo efakwe ku-inthanethi ikhombisa umonakalo enxanxatheleni yezitolo ePortoviejo kanye nabantu abebegcwele umgwaqo ngaphandle njengoba kukhala ama-alamu. Ihhotela eliseManta labhidlika kancane lasala limile, futhi izakhiwo zazamazama zawa eGuayaquil.
“Bengisendlini yami ngibuka ifilimu kwaqala kwanyakaza yonke into. Ngigijime ngiyongena emgwaqeni manje angazi ukuthi kuzokwenzekani,” kusho uLorena Cazares, 36, osebenza ezokuxhumana eQuito, etshela abeReuters.
I-NOAA's Pacific Tsunami Warning Centre ithe amagagasi e-tsunami afinyelela kumamitha angu-3 ngaphezu kwezinga lolwandle ayengenzeka kwezinye izindawo ezisogwini lwase-Ecuador, kodwa kamuva sathi usongo seludlule kakhulu. Abantu base-Ecuador abatshelwa ukuthi baphume ezindaweni ezisogwini ngenxa yokwesaba i-tsunami kamuva batshelwa ukuthi babuyele ekhaya.
Ukuzamazama okungu-4.5 magnitude kuqoshwe ogwini oluseningizimu ye-Muisne esikhathini esingangehora ngaphambi kokuba kugadle ukuzamazama okungu-7.8 magnitude, kusho i-USGS. Okungenani kwalandela ukuzamazama okungama-36, okukodwa okunamandla njengo-magnitude-6, futhi iziphathimandla zanxusa izakhamizi ukuthi zibheke okunamandla nakakhulu emahoreni nezinsuku ezizayo.
Ukuzamazama komhlaba e-Ecuador kuza ezinsukwini ezimbalwa ngemva kokuzamazama kokuqala kokubili okunamandla nokubulalayo kuzamazame eningizimu-ntshonalanga yeJapan. Okungenani bangu-41 abantu abashonile ngesikhathi kuzamazama umhlaba ku-magnitude-6.5 ngoLwesine kanye nokuzamazama komhlaba okungu-7.0 ngoMgqibelo, kubike umsakazi kuzwelonke i-NHK.
UDavid Rothery, uprofesa wesayensi yokuma kwamaplanethi e-Open University, enyakatho-mpumalanga yeLondon, uthi ingqikithi yamandla eyakhishwa ukuzamazama okunamandla okungu-7.8 ngoMgqibelo e-Ecuador “cishe yayinkulu ngokuphindwe izikhathi ezingu-20” kunokuzamazama kwe-magnitude-7.0 eJapane ngoMgqibelo.
