Umutingito w’ubunini bwa 7.4 wibasiye inkombe z’amajyaruguru y’u Buyapani, bituma habaho integuza ya tsunami. Uyu mutingito wabaye saa yine n’iminota mirongo itanu n’itatu z’umugoroba ku bujyakuzimu bwa kilometero 10, aho hari umutingito muri Tokyo. Imiraba ya Tsunami, igera kuri santimetero 80, yibasiye icyambu cya Kuji cya Iwate, kandi imiraba igera kuri metero eshatu itegerejwe ku nkengero z’amajyaruguru y’u Buyapani.
Umutingito ukomeye wibasiye inkombe z’amajyaruguru y’u Buyapani kuwa mbere (tariki ya 20 Mata). Ikigo cy’Ubuyapani gishinzwe iteganyagihe cyatanze integuza ya tsunami muri ako karere. Ku gipimo cya Richter, umutingito w’ubunini bwa 7.4 wibasiye ako gace, nk’uko byatangajwe n’ikinyamakuru The Associated Press.
Imitingito y’umutingito yumvwaga ku nkengero za Sanriku mu majyaruguru y’u Buyapani ahagana saa yine n’iminota mirongo itanu n’itatu z’umugoroba (07:53 GMT), ku bujyakuzimu bwa kilometero 10 (kilometero 6) munsi y’inyanja, nk’uko ikigo cyabitangaje.
Indiri y’umutingito iherereye mu Nyanja ya Pasifika. Kugeza ubu, nta raporo z’abakomeretse batewe n’umutingito. Hari kandi n’imitingito yumvikana mu murwa mukuru w’Ubuyapani, Tokyo. Mu masaha make nyuma y’umutingito, umuraba wa tsunami wa santimetero 80 wibasiye icyambu cya Kuji muri Iwate, nk’uko ikigo gishinzwe iteganyagihe kibitangaza.

Nk’uko ikigo cy’iteganyagihe cy’Ubuyapani kibitangaza, imiraba ya tsunami ifite uburebure bwa metero 3 yitezwe kugera mu turere tunini two ku nkombe mu majyaruguru y’Ubuyapani, nk’uko Reuters yabitangaje. Ikigo gishinzwe iteganyagihe cyo muri icyo gihugu cyatanze umuburo wo kuva mu gihugu mu gihe cy’itangazo rya tsunami.
Ikigo cy’iteganyagihe cy’Ubuyapani cyagize kiti: “Nimuve mu turere two ku nkombe no mu duce two ku nkengero z’imigezi mujye ahantu hatekanye nko ku butaka burebure cyangwa mu nyubako ndende.”
Byongeyeho ko: “Imiraba ya tsunami yitezwe kwibasira kenshi. Ntimuve ku butaka butekanye kugeza igihe umuburo uvanyweho.” Ibikorwa bya gari ya moshi nabyo bivugwa ko byibasiwe n’umutingito.
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