[01] Xilh:toylaxiston 47 nekroi

Zhmies anaferontai kai sto istoriko kentro toy Santiago, poy brisketai 320 xiliometra boreiws ths polhs Konsepsion, opoy entopizetai to epikentro ths donhshs. Konta sthn prwteyoysa exei katarreysei mia gefyra se aytokinhtodromo.

Sto Santiago proklhqhke diakoph hlektrodothshs se megala tmhmata ths polhs, enw den einai dynath h thlefwnikh epikoinwnia me tis perioxes poy briskontai konta sto epikentro.

H proedros ths xwras, Misel Mpaselet kalese ton plhqysmo na diathrhsei thn cyxraimia toy. "Me enan seismo aytoy toy megeqoys den mporoyme na apokleisoyme megalytero ariqmo qymatwn", anefere h Mpaselet, anakoinwnontas oti oi nekroi einai toylaxiston saranta epta.

To Kentro Proeidopoihshs gia Tsoynami ston Eirhniko anakoinwse oti apo th donhsh proklhqhke tsoynami, poy mporei na exei katastrofikes synepeies stis aktes poy briskontai konta sto epikentro. Hdh exoyn ekdoqei proeidopoihseis gia ton kindyno tsoynami stis aktes ths Xilhs, toy Peroy, toy Ishmerinoy, ths Kolombias, toy Panama, ths Kosta Rika kai ths Antarktikhs, alla kai gia th gallikh Polynhsia kai thn Iapwnia.

H donhsh egine aisqhth stis eparxies Mentoza kai San Xoyan, sth geitonikh Argentinh. Meta ton kyrio seismo akoloyqhse mia seira metaseismwn, me ton isxyrotero na exei megeqos 6,9 baqmoys ths klimakas Rixter.

H polh Konsepsion, opoy entopizetai to epikentro toy seismoy exei plhqysmo peripoy 670.000 anqrwpwn kai einai mia apo tis megalyteres sth Xilh.

Ejaitias toy seismoy ekleise to dieqnes aerodromio sthn prwteyoysa, Santiago kai akyrwqhkan oles oi pthseis mexri newteras.

To 1960 h Xilh eixe plhgei apo ton megalytero seismo poy exei katagrafei sthn istoria toy planhth, apo to 1900, otan arxise h katagrafh sygkekrimenwn stoixeiwn gia ta xtyphmata toy Egkeladoy. O seismos eixe megeqos 9,5 baqmwn ths klimakas Rixter kai eixe isopedwsei thn polh Baldibia, skotwnontas 1.655 anqrwpoys. Apo ton seismo ayto eixe proklhqei tsoynami poy eftase mexri ta Nhsia toy Pasxa, th Xabah, thn Iapwnia kai tis Filippines, se apostash xiliadwn miliwn.

Kai sta nhsia Okinaoya

Isxyros seismos eplhje to notio nhsi Okinaoya ths Iapwnias nwris to prwi toy Sabbatoy (topikh wra) kai h metewrologikh yphresia ths Iapwnias ejedwse proeidopoihsh gia tsoynami ews kai dyo metrwn, alla h proeidopoihsh ayth argotera aposyrqhke, enw den yphrjan anafores gia megales zhmies.

To Institoyto Gewlogikhs Episkophshs twn HPA anefere pws o seismos megeqoys 7,3 baqmwn shmeiwqhke stis 5:31 p. m. toy Sabbatoy (22:31 ths Paraskeyhs, wra Elladas), 52 milia (84 xiliometra) anatolika ths prwteyoysas toy nhsioy, Naxa, mias polhs peripoy 320.000 katoikwn poy brisketai peripoy 1.600 xiliometra notia toy Tokio.

H Metewrologikh Yphresia ths Iapwnias, poy anefere oti h seismikh donhsh htan 6,9 baqmwn, proeidopoihse toys katoikoys konta sthn akth na apomakrynqoyn pros to eswteriko, wstoso h proeidopoihsh gia tsoynami hrqh argotera.

O ajiwmatoyxos ths nomarxiakhs astynomias ths Okinaoya, Noritomi Kikoyzato, dhlwse sto Roiter pws den yparxoyn anafores gia traymatismoys h megales zhmies.

"Prwta egine mia isxyrh kaqeth donhsh, epeita apo to plai. O isxyros seismos krathse peripoy 10 deyterolepta", eipe o ajiwmatoyxos ths polhs Naxa, Seimpokoy Soyegiosi.

Enas ajiwmatoyxos sto diylisthrio petrelaioy Nansei Sekiyu KK dhlwse pws oi epixeirhseis gia thn paragwgh 100.000 bareliwn thn hmera sto diylisthrio Nisixara toy nhsioy synexizontai kanonika meta to seismo kai pws den yparxoyn anafores gia shmantikes zhmies stis egkatastaseis.

H dhmosia radiothleorash NHK anefere pws oi topikoi pyrosbestikoi staqmoi den exoyn mexri stigmhs plhrofories gia traymatismoys h zhmies se ktiria.

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