SANTIAGO, Chile - He ōlaʻi nui 8.8-magnitude hiki ke hoʻopōʻino nui i ka waena o Chile i ka Pōʻaono, hoʻoluliluli i ke kapikala no hoʻokahi minute a me ka hapa a hoʻomaka i kahi kai eʻe.
Ua hiolo nā hale a ua pau nā laina kelepona a me ka uila, no laila paʻakikī ke ʻike ʻana i ka nui o ka pōʻino. Ma kahi o 6 mau kānaka i make, wahi a Pelekikena Michele Bachelet.
"Ua loaʻa iā mākou kahi ōlaʻi nui," i ʻōlelo ai ʻo Bachelet, e kamaʻilio ana mai kahi kikowaena pane ulia pōpilikia i kahi hoʻopiʻi no ka poʻe Chile e noho mālie. "Ke hana nei mākou i nā mea āpau e hiki ai me nā ikaika āpau i loaʻa iā mākou. ʻO kēlā me kēia ʻike e kaʻana koke mākou. "
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Bachelet, ʻo ka hōʻike mua ʻana he ʻeono mau kānaka i make, a "me ke kānalua ʻole, me kahi ōlaʻi o kēia nui, e nui aʻe ka make."
Ua koi ʻo ia i ka poʻe e pale aku i ka hele ʻana i ka pōʻeleʻele, no ka mea, ua pio nā kukui uila, e pale aku i ka nui o nā mea make.
Ua kū ka ʻōlaʻi i ka hola 3:34 am (0634 GMT; 1:34 am EST) a ua kikowaena ʻia ʻo 200 mau mile (325 mau kilomita) ma ke komohana hema o ke kapikala, ʻo Santiago, ma kahi hohonu o 22 mau mile (35 mau kilomita) i hōʻike ʻia e ka US Geological Survey.
He 70 mau mile (115 kilomita) ka epicenter mai Concepcion, ke kūlanakauhale nui ʻelua o Chile, kahi i noho ai ma mua o 200,000 poʻe ma ka muliwai Bio Bio, a he 60 mau mile mai ke kūlanakauhale ski o Chillan, he ʻīpuka i nā hōkele ski Andean i luku ʻia. i ke olai 1939.
Ua ʻōlelo kekahi mea kāmela ʻo Associated Press Television News ua hiolo kekahi mau hale ma Santiago, kahi i pau ai ka mana ma nā wahi o ke kūlanakauhale. ʻO kahi halepule koʻikoʻi ma waena o nā hale i iho i ke kūlanakauhale waena o Providencia, kahi i haki ai nā aniani pukaaniani i nā alanui a holo nā kānaka mai nā hale multistory, e like me ka TV Chile.
Ua hoʻopuka ka Pacific Tsunami Warning Center i kahi ʻōlelo aʻo no Chile a me Peru, a me kahi kiaʻi kai eʻe no Ecuador, Colombia, Panama, Costa Rica a me Antarctica. Ua ʻōlelo ʻia he hiki ke pā i Hawaiʻi ma hope o ke kai eʻe.
“Hōʻike ka heluhelu ʻilikai ʻana i ke kai eʻe. Ua pōʻino paha ia ma nā kahakai kokoke i ka epicenter o ke ōlaʻi a hiki ke lilo i mea hoʻoweliweli i nā kahakai mamao aku," wahi a ke kikowaena.
Ua ʻōlelo ke kikowaena o ke kai eʻe kai eʻe ma ke komohana ʻo US, ʻaʻole ia i manaʻo i ke kai eʻe ma ke komohana o ʻAmelika a i ʻole Kanada akā ke hoʻomau nei ka nānā ʻana i ke kūlana.
ʻO ka ōlaʻi nui loa i hoʻopaʻa ʻia i paʻi ʻia ma ka ʻāpana like o Chile i ka lā 22 o Mei, 1960. Ua make ka ōlaʻi nui-9.5 i 1,655 poʻe a waiho i 2 miliona mau home ʻole. ʻO ke kai eʻe i hana ʻia i make nā kānaka ma Hawaiʻi, Iapana a me ka Philippines a ua pōʻino i ke Komohana Komohana o ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa.
