Umutingito Ukomeye Wahitanye Abantu 38 muri Indonesia

Uyu mutingito wari ufite ubukana bwa 7.7, wateye ahagana saa kumi n’imwe za mu gitondo ku isaha yo muri Indonesia, ubera mu nyanja hafi y’ikirwa cya Flores. Wari umutingito uri hafi y’ubutaka kuko ubujyakuzimu bwawo bwari hafi kilometero 15, bituma imitingito yumvikana cyane mu bice bitandukanye.

Umujyi wa Maumere, uri ku kirwa cya Flores, ni umwe mu bice byangiritse cyane. Inyubako zimwe zarasenyutse, amazu arangirika ndetse n’inkangu zafunze imihanda imwe n’imwe, bigora abatabazi kugera mu bice byibasiwe.

Muri Maumere honyine, abatabazi bavuze ko hari abantu 20 bapfuye, mu gihe abandi bakomeje gushakishwa mu bisigazwa by’inyubako zasenyutse. Hari kandi abantu bakomeretse, bamwe bikomeye, ndetse n’abari bagifungiranye mu nyubako.

Mu karere ka Nagekeo, kari hafi y’aho umutingito wabereye, ibikorwa byo gutabara byagizwe ingorabahizi n’inkangu ndetse n’imihanda yangiritse. Abantu bagera ku 2,000 bamaze kwimurwa mu byabo bajyanwa ahantu hatekanye.

Abayobozi bavuze ko kugeza ubu abantu 13 ari bo bamenyekanye ko bakomeretse, barimo babiri bafite ibikomere bikomeye. Icyakora, ibikorwa byo gushakisha no gutabara biracyakomeje, ku buryo umubare w’abahitanywe n’umutingito ushobora kwiyongera.

Nyuma y’umutingito wa mbere, hakurikiyeho indi mitingito y’inyuma, harimo uwari ufite ubukana bwa 6.1. Ibi byatumye abaturage benshi batinya gusubira mu ngo zabo, cyane cyane abari batuye mu nyubako zangiritse.

Kubera ko umutingito wabereye mu nyanja, abayobozi bahise batanga umuburo w’uko hashobora kuba tsunami, basaba abaturage bari hafi y’inyanja guhungira ahantu hirengeye. Nyuma y’amasaha agera kuri atatu, uwo muburo waje gukurwaho nyuma y’uko inzego zibishinzwe zemeje ko nta mpinduka zikomeye ku mazi y’inyanja zari zitegerejwe.

Nubwo umuburo wa tsunami wakuweho, hari uduce twabonetsemo imiraba itarenze metero imwe. Abaturage bo mu bice byari mu kaga bari bamaze guhunga, bamwe bajya ahantu hirengeye kubera ubwoba.

Umutingito wanateje ibibazo by’amashanyarazi n’itumanaho mu bice bimwe, mu gihe ibitaro byo mu karere ka Ende byakuye abarwayi mu nyubako kugira ngo birinde ko bagirira nabi mu gihe indi mitingito yakurikira.

Inzego z’ubutabazi muri Indonesia zakomeje kohereza amakipe mu bice byangiritse kugira ngo ashakishe abantu bashobora kuba bakiri mu nyubako zasenyutse, atange ubufasha ku bakomeretse ndetse anasuzume ibyangijwe n’iki kiza.

Indonesia ni igihugu kizwiho kugira imitingito myinshi kuko giherereye ahantu hazwi nka Pacific Ring of Fire, ahahurira ibikorwa byinshi by’ibisate by’ubutaka bituma iki gihugu gihura kenshi n’imitingito n’ibirunga.

Ikirwa cya Flores na cyo gifite amateka maremare y’imitingito ikomeye. Mu 1992, umutingito ufite ubukana bwa 7.7 wibasiye ako karere uteza tsunami ikomeye, ihitana abantu barenga 2,000.

Kuri iyi nshuro, ibikorwa byo gutabara no gusuzuma ibyangijwe biracyakomeje, mu gihe abayobozi bakomeje gukusanya amakuru mashya ku bantu babuze ubuzima, abakomeretse ndetse n’ibyangijwe n’uyu mutingito.