Kudengenyeka kwenyika kukuru kwarova pakati peChile, kwauraya vanhu vanosvika zana nemakumi maviri nevaviri, mutungamiri wenyika akasarudzwa akadaro.
Kudengenyeka kwe8.8 magnitude kwakarova 0634 GMT anenge 115km (70 mamaira) kuchamhembe-kumabvazuva kweguta reConcepcion uye 325km maodzanyemba-kumadokero kweguta guru, Santiago.
Mutungamiri Michelle Bachelet akazivisa "mamiriro enjodzi" munzvimbo dzakakanganisika uye akakumbira kudzikama.
Tsumami yakatangwa nekudengenyeka kwakonzera nyevero munyika dzePacific kubva kuJapan kusvika kuNew Zealand.
Sirens vakayambira vanhu kuti vaende kunzvimbo dzakakwirira muFrench Polynesia neHawaii.
Kudengenyeka uku ndiko kukurusa kwakaitika kuChile mumakore makumi mashanu.
Santiago yaivewo pakati penzvimbo dzakakuvadzwa zvakanyanya. Vanhu vanosvika gumi nevatatu vakaurayiwa ikoko. Zvivakwa zvinoverengeka zvakadhirika. Paki yemota ine nhanho mbiri yakanga yakati sandara, ichipwanya motokari dzakawanda.
Moto pachirimwa chemakemikari kunze kweguta guru wakamanikidza kubviswa kwenharaunda.
Vakuru vehurumende vakati vanhu makumi matatu nevana vafa mudunhu reMaule, nerufu rwakataurwawo mudunhu reO'Higgins, muBiobio, muAraucania uye muValparaiso.
Mutungamiri wenyika yeChile, VaSebastian Pinera, avo vari kutarisirwa kutora chigaro mwedzi unouya, vanoti huwandu hwevanhu vafa hunosvika zana nemakumi maviri nevaviri, vachiti vanogona kukwira.
Terevhizheni yenyika yakati inofungidzira kuti vanhu vanosvika zana nemakumi mashanu vakaurayiwa.
Kudengenyeka
Vakuru veChile vakati kusvika pari zvino, guta rakanyanya kukanganiswa raita seParral, padyo nepicenter.
Mifananidzo yeTerevhizheni yairatidza zambuko hombe paConcepcion rakanga rawira murwizi rweBiobio.
Zvikwata zvekununura zviri kunetsa kusvika kuConcepcion nekuda kwekukuvara kwezvivakwa, terevhizheni yenyika yakashuma.
KUDENGENYEKA KWENYIKA KUNE SIMBA
Haiti, 12 Ndira 2010: Vanenge 230,000 vanhu vanofa mushure mekudengenyeka kwe7.0 magnitude
Sumatra, Indonesia, 26 Zvita 2004: 9.2 magnitude. Inokonzera tsunami yeAsia inouraya vanhu vanoda kusvika 250,000
Alaska, US, 28 March 1964: 9.2 magnitude; 128 vanhu vakafa. Anchorage yakuvadzwa zvakanyanya
Chile, kumaodzanyemba kweConcepcion, 22 May 1960: 9.5 magnitude. Vanenge 1,655 vakafa. Tsunami inobata Hawaii neJapan
Kamchatka, NE Russia, 4 Nov 1952: 9.0 magnitude
Mutungamiri Bachelet vakati: “Vanhu vanofanira kuramba vakadzikama. Tiri kuita zvese zvatinogona nemasimba ese atinawo.”
Ms Bachelet vakati "fungu rakakura" rakakanganisa boka rechitsuwa cheJuan Fernandez, richisvika pakati penzvimbo inogarwa. Vanhu vatatu vakashaika, vezvenhau veko vanodaro. Ngarava mbiri dzerubatsiro dzinonzi dziri munzira.
Kukuvadzwa kweSantiago international airport terminal kuchaita kuti irambe yakavharwa kweanenge maawa makumi manomwe nemaviri, vakuru vakuru vakadaro. Ndege dziri kuendeswa kuMendoza muArgentina.
Mumwe mugari wemuChillan, 100km kubva papicenter, akaudza terevhizheni yekuChile kuti kudengenyeka ikoko kwakatora maminetsi maviri.
Vamwe vagari vekuChillan neCurico vati kufambiswa kwemashoko kwakadzikira asi mvura yemupombi ichiripo.
Mazhinji emawebhusaiti enhau eChile uye zviteshi zveredhiyo hazvisati zvasvika.
MuWashington, Munyori weWhite House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs akati US yaitarisa mamiriro ezvinhu, achiwedzera kuti: "Takagadzirira kubatsira [Chile] munguva ino yekushayiwa."
Sangano reUS Geological Survey (USGS) rinoti kudengenyeka kwenyika kwakaitika pakadzika zvinosvika makiromita makumi matatu nemashanu.
Yakarekodhawo kuzununguka sere, iyo yakakura ye6.9 magnitude pa0801 GMT.
Iyo USGS yakati tsunami mhedzisiro yakaonekwa kuValparaiso, kumadokero kweSantiago, ine mafungu akareba 1.69m pamusoro peyakajairika gungwa.
Mumwe mutori wenhau achitaura neterevhizheni yenyika yeChile kubva kuguta reTemuco, 600km kumaodzanyemba kweSantiago, akati vanhu vazhinji ikoko vakasiya misha yavo, vakatsunga kupedza husiku hwose vari panze. Vamwe vanhu mumigwagwa vaichema.
Chile iri panjodzi huru yekudengenyeka kwenyika sezvo iri paPacific “Rim of Fire”, kumucheto kwePacific neSouth America mahwendefa.
Chile yakatambura nokudengenyeka kwepasi kukuru kwezana remakore rechi20 apo kudengenyeka kwe9.5 magnitude kwakarova guta reValdivia muna 1960, ndokuuraya vanhu 1,655.
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