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Okungenani abantu abangu-13 bashonile kwalimala amakhulu ngemuva kokuzamazama komhlaba okuyi-6.5 magnitude kwanyakazisa izindawo ezinkulu e-Afghanistan nasePakistan ngoLwesibili kusihlwa, okuholele izakhamuzi zaseKabul ukuthi zichithe ubusuku ezitaladini zisaba ukubuyela ezindlini.
I-United States Geological Survey (USGS) ithe ukuzamazama komhlaba bekugxile ngaseJurm enyakatho-mpumalanga ye-Afghanistan futhi kujule ngamakhilomitha angu-187.
Ividiyo ikhombise inqwaba yabantu bebaleka emahhovisi nasezinxanxatheleni zezitolo ngesikhathi kugadla ukuzamazama. E-Afghanistan, imindeni eminingi ibiphumile ezindlini zayo igubha i-Nowruz, uNyaka Omusha WasePheresiya, njengoba kugadla ukuzamazama.
“Bekuwukuzamazama komhlaba okunamandla futhi wonke umuntu waphuma,” kusho isakhamuzi saseKabul, uMasieh. “Wonke umuntu wayethukile futhi ethukile. Wonke umuntu wayesaba ukuzamazama komhlaba eTurkey futhi wayethemba ukuthi into efana naleyo yayingeke yenzeke eKabul. Abantu babethukile futhi besaba,” echaza.
UNoor Mohammad Hanifi, umninisitolo eKabul, wagxumeka amatende emgwaqeni ukuze umndeni wakhe ulale kuwo.
“Nganginamatende ekhaya […] la matende aseyasetshenziswa manje. Omunye umndeni ngowami, eminye imindeni emibili ngomakhelwane bami. Imindeni yabo nayo ikhona. Bakhululekile.”
Lesi sifunda sivamise ukushaywa wukuzamazama komhlaba – ikakhulukazi ukhahlamba lwezintaba i-Hindu Kush, eseduze nendawo yokuhlangana kwamapuleti e-Eurasian kanye ne-Indian tectonic.
Lokhu kuzamazama komhlaba kuza cishe ezinyangeni ezimbili ngemuva kokuzamazama komhlaba okubhubhisayo okuyi-7.8 magnitude kwahlasela eningizimu-mpumalanga yeTurkey naseSyria kwashona abantu abangaphezu kuka-50,000.
