Girgizar kasa mai karfin awo 8.8 ta afku a tsakiyar kasar Chile

SANTIAGO, Chile - Girgizar kasa mai karfin awo 8.8 da ke iya yin barna ta afku a tsakiyar kasar Chile da sanyin safiyar Asabar, ta girgiza babban birnin kasar na tsawon minti daya da rabi sannan ta tashi da igiyar ruwa ta Tsunami.

Gine-gine sun ruguje sannan kuma layukan waya da wutar lantarki sun lalace, lamarin da ya sa da wuya a iya tantance yawan barnar da aka yi. Aƙalla mutane 6 ne suka mutu, in ji shugaba Michele Bachelet.

"Mun sami girgizar kasa mai girma," in ji Bachelet, yayin da yake magana daga cibiyar ba da agajin gaggawa a cikin kira ga 'yan Chile da su kwantar da hankula. "Muna yin duk abin da za mu iya tare da duk karfin da muke da shi. Duk wani bayani da za mu raba nan take."

Bachelet ya ce rahotannin farko sun nuna cewa mutane shida ne suka mutu, kuma "ba tare da shakka ba, da girgizar kasa mai girman gaske, za a samu karin mace-mace."

Ta kuma bukaci jama’a da su guji yin tafiya cikin duhu, tunda fitulun ababen hawa ba su da yawa, don gujewa haddasa asarar rayuka.

Girgizar kasar ta afku ne da misalin karfe 3:34 na safe (0634 GMT; 1:34 am EST) kuma girgizar kasar ta afku a nisan mil 200 (kilomita 325) kudu maso yammacin babban birnin kasar, Santiago, a zurfin kilomita 22 (kilomita 35) daga cibiyar binciken yanayin kasa ta Amurka.

Girgizar dai ta kasance mai nisan mil 70 (kilomita 115) daga Concepcion, birni na biyu mafi girma a Chile, inda sama da mutane 200,000 ke zaune a gefen kogin Bio Bio, da kuma mil 60 daga garin ski na Chillan, wata kofa zuwa wuraren shakatawa na Andean da aka lalata. a cikin girgizar kasa na 1939.

Wani mai daukar hoto a gidan talabijin na Associated Press, ya ce wasu gine-gine sun ruguje a Santiago, inda wutar lantarki ta kashe a sassan birnin. Wata muhimmiyar majami'a tana cikin gine-ginen da suka sauko a tsakiyar birnin Providencia, inda gilasan taga ya farfasa kan tituna kuma mutane sun gudu daga gine-gine masu yawa, a cewar TV Chile.

Cibiyar Gargadi na Tsunami na Pacific ta ba da gargadi ga Chile da Peru, da kuma agogon tsunami na gaggawa ga Ecuador, Colombia, Panama, Costa Rica da Antarctica. Ya ce tsunami kuma zai iya afkawa Hawaii daga baya da rana.

“Binciken matakin teku ya nuna an haifar da tsunami. Mai yiyuwa ne ya yi barna a gabar tekun da ke kusa da cibiyar girgizar kasar kuma hakan na iya zama barazana ga wasu bakin teku masu nisa,” in ji cibiyar.

Cibiyar gargadin tsunami da ke gabar tekun yammacin Amurka ta ce ba ta yi tsammanin afkuwar tsunami a yammacin Amurka ko Canada ba amma tana ci gaba da sanya ido kan lamarin.

Girgizar kasa mafi girma da aka taba samu ta afku a wannan yanki na kasar Chile a ranar 22 ga Mayu, 1960. Girgizar kasa mai karfin awo 9.5 ta kashe mutane 1,655 tare da bar mutane miliyan 2 da gidajensu. Tsunami da ta haddasa ta kashe mutane a Hawaii da Japan da Philippines tare da yin barna a gabar tekun yammacin Amurka.