NgoMgqibelo ophelileyo ngo-Epreli 16, 2016 i-Ecuador yafumana inyikima enkulu ukusukela ngo-1979. Ngabantu ababhubhileyo abangama-350, inyikima enkulu eye yashiya ilizwe liwile. Baninzi abantu abashiyeke bengenamakhaya, kwaye abanye abangazukubuyela kumakhaya abo de imeko iqhele. Lo ngumbono omfiliba wommandla wehlabathi apho bekukho Iinyikima ezingama-40 kule minyaka ingama-475 idlulileyo.
Umbuzo ngulo, ngoba?
Ukusukela ekuqaleni kwenkulungwane ephelileyo, e-Ecuador kuye kwakho iintshukumo ezininzi zenyikima enkulu. Imeko yeli lizwe sesinye sezizathu zokuba inyikima ibaluleke kakhulu kwilizwe lama-Ibero-America. Kwaye i-Ecuador, njengamanye amazwe amaninzi anjengeChile, iBolivia, iPanama, iCalifornia okanye iJapan, ikoko kubizwa ngokuba I-Pacific Ring yoMlilo. Lo mmandla ulinganisa i-40.000 yeekhilomitha ubude, kwaye kulapho kwenzeka khona iinyikima zomhlaba ezinamandla kunye nokudubula kwentaba-mlilo.
Kakhulu kangangokuba kuyaziwa ukuba I-80% yeenyikima zomhlaba ezinamandla zenzeka kwezi ntlanga, njengoko kugqityiwe ngumlawuli wommandla wenyikima yeGeophysical Institute of Peru (IGP), uHerando Taveras.
Ii-tectonics zeplate zingunobangela wezi ziganeko. IPlanethi yoMhlaba, ukusukela ekuzalweni kwayo, ibisoloko itshintsha rhoqo ngenxa yokuhamba kwala macwecwe ahambisa ilizwekazi. Ngokubhekisele kuLwandlekazi lwePasifiki, ixhomekeke kuninzi lwazo, olujika lubange ukungavisisani phakathi kwabo. Le yindlela eyakha ngayo uxinzelelo ekufuneka ikhutshwe.
Kwimeko ye-Ecuador, eChile, ePeru naseColombia, iintshukumo zibangelwa yinto yokuba iNazca Plate iyatshona phantsi kwePlate yaseMzantsi Melika.
Ukusuka apha ndingathanda ukuthumela ifayile ye- ukwanga okuqinileyo kunye namandla ye-Ecuador. Ininzi, inkuthazo enkulu.