Inkubi ya Tsunami yageze ku butaka bwa Leta Zunze Ubumwe za Amerika mu Majyaruguru ya California no mu gace ka Bay Area

Inkubi ya tsunami yaturutse ku mpanuka ikomeye y’umutingito wa 8.8 ku rugero rwa Richter yageze ku butaka bwa Leta Zunze Ubumwe za Amerika hafi saa saba z’ijoro kuri uyu wa Gatatu, igihe amazi y’inyanja yo mu Burengerazuba bwa Pasifika yose yari mu kaga k’ubuzima.

Iyo nkubi y’amazi, yari ifite uburebure bwa metero 1.1 (feet 3.6), yakubise inkengero z’inyanja mu Majyaruguru ya California, hafi y’umujyi mutoya wa Crescent City ndetse no ku cyambu cya Humboldt Bay, nk’uko byatangajwe n’Ishami ry’Iteganyagihe rya Leta (National Weather Service) rikorera i Eureka.

Inyanja yose yo ku nkombe z’Iburengerazuba bwa Leta Zunze Ubumwe za Amerika yari imaze amasaha iri mu itangazo ry’integuza ya tsunami, nyuma y’uko habaye umutingito ukomeye utaraboneka mu myaka 14 ishize, wibasiye ahagana mu bilometero 13 uvuye mu majyepfo y’umujyi wa Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky mu Burusiya, ku isaha ya saa moya n’iminota 24 z’umugoroba (7:24 p.m. ET).

Igice kimwe cy’inkengero zo mu Majyaruguru ya California, uhereye ku mupaka uhuza California na Oregon kugeza kuri Cape Mendocino – harimo n’akarere ka Crescent City – cyashyizwe mu bwirinzi bwihuse bwa tsunami (tsunami warning).

Ishami ry’Iteganyagihe ryatangaje ko Crescent City ari rwo rwego rw’ahari ibyago byinshi byo kuzurirwa mbere y’uko iyo nkubi y’amazi ihagera.—Niba ushaka ko tuyinoza kurushaho cyangwa dushyiramo ibisobanuro birambuye, mbwira.

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