Iplanethi ikwinkqubo eqhubekayo. Iziqwenga ezinkulu zepuzzle ezenza loo nto, esiyibiza ngokuba ziitectonic plates, bezisoloko zishukuma ukusukela ekuqaleni kwexesha. Le yinto umntu ekufuneka aphile nayo. Yonke imihla kubakho iinyikima ezininzi kwihlabathi liphela; Ngethamsanqa, bambalwa abaziva.
Enye yezinto ezinokubangela intshabalalo kule nkulungwane inokwenzeka eChile, ilizwe apho kuqhelekile ukuba ezinye zezona zibaluleke kakhulu zenzeke.
Iqela loososayensi baseChile nabaseFrance bafikelele kwesi sigqibo kuphando olupapashwe kwiphephancwadi elithi "Umhlaba kunye neeleta zesayensi yemihlaba". "Inyikima yenkulungwane" elandelayo ingavela kwisixeko saseValparaíso, esikumgama omalunga neekhilomitha ezilikhulu ukusuka eSantiago de Chile. Ubuncinci bobukhulu bamanqaku ayi-8,3 kwisikali seRichter, inokuba sisiganeko esiyingozi ngakumbi kwabo ngoku bakweli lizwe.
I-Chile lilizwe apho iinyikima ezinokuthi zonakalise zenzeke rhoqo. Kwimbali yethu yamva nje, kubalulekile ukuba uqaphele leyo yenzekileyo NgoMeyi 22, 1960 eValdivia, eyayinobukhulu obuyi-8,5, i Ngomhla we-11 kuMatshi ngo-2010 e-Pichilemu, kunye nobukhulu be-8,5 amanqaku kwisikali sikaRichter, okanye NgoSeptemba 16, 2015 eCoquimbo enobukhulu be-8,4. Kodwa kutheni ziveliswa kangaka kulo mmandla wehlabathi?
Impendulo yalo mbuzo zifunyenwe kwiiplate zeetectonic ngokwazo, ngokukodwa, kwipleyiti yeNazca kunye noMzantsi Melika. Ukudityaniswa kokuqala phantsi kwesibini kwinqanaba elimalunga nee-intshi ezintathu ngonyaka, ukuze kuvela isikhewu semitha esi-4,5 esibuyiswayo qho emva kweminyaka engama-70, ezibangela ezi nyikima ziyingozi.
Ukwazi ngakumbi, unokwenza cofa apha.