Ukuzamazama komhlaba ku-Google Earth

Ezinsukwini ezimbalwa ezedlule ngangikhuluma ngo amacwecwe e-tectonic ukuthi i-USGS ihlele ukubonakala ngeso lengqondo ku-kml elula ye-107 k, futhi kulokhu kumele siqaphele ukuthi i-Google Earth ishintshe izimpilo zethu ngakho-ke kungenzeka ukuthi sibone nge-intuition elula yalabo abangewona ochwepheshe endle.

Lokhu ungqimba lokuzamazama komhlaba kuvumela ukubona ngeso lengqondo ulwazi oluhlobene nokuzamazama komhlaba okwamanje ukusetshenziswa kwezindaba ukunikeza imininingwane encane yokudideka.

Lokhu kwenzeka ngokuzamazama komhlaba okwenzeka eHonduras ngoMeyi 28, 2009, enyakatho yesiqhingi saseRoatán; indingilizi ebhalwe okumhlophe ikhombisa amakhilomitha ayi-100 azungeze lapho kulindeleke khona ukuzamazama komhlaba okungaphansi kwama-degree ayi-7 esikalini sikaRichter ukuthi kudale umonakalo omkhulu.

Yize lonke lelo phutha elaziwa njengephutha leMotagua, eliwela iGuatemala futhi lihlukanise amapuleti aseCaribbean naseNyakatho Melika, liyizinyembezi, ebalazweni lesi sigaba sonke sihlukaniswe saba izingxenye ezincane lapho umphumela wokwethuka uhlukile. Isibonelo, umugqa ophawulwe ngombala ophuzi ishalofu lezwekazi, lilandelwa isigaba esimakwe ngokubomvu bese kuba umugqa ohlaza ohambelana neshelufu lasolwandle. La maphutha wezinyembezi abangelwa ukwanda kolwandle futhi umphumela wazo ezigidini zeminyaka yizintaba ezingaphansi kolwandle zemvelaphi yentaba-mlilo; bhekisisa ukuthi iziqhingi ethekwini zingumphumela walesi simo futhi zibonakala zihambisana nephutha.

Yize iHonduras yahlangabezana nokuzamazama komhlaba okungu-7.4 (ngokusho kwe-USGS), ukufa kwabantu abayi-10 akukacaci ngemuva kwezinsuku ezimbili, ngoba le ndawo yayisesigabeni solwandle (amakhilomitha ayi-10 ukujula), ukube yayisesigabeni sezwekazi, ngabe bekulokhu kubucayi ngoba ukulimala kwamaphutha okwehla izinyembezi ukuthi indawo lapho kuqale khona inhlekisa ivame ukuba ngaphezulu. Ukuzamazama komhlaba okunobukhulu obufanayo kushiye imiphumela ebulalayo, njengoba kwenzeka eNicaragua (6.2 degrees, 5 kilometres deep, 10,000 7.7 dead) noma i-El Salvador (39 degrees, 1,259 kilometres deep, XNUMX ukufa); selokhu bebesendaweni engaphansi komhlaba futhi besondela ezikhungweni ezinkulu zasemadolobheni.

Bona ukuthi ungabona futhi ukulandelwa okwenzekile izolo:

• Ngephutha elifanayo, kusukela ku-4.8 ngosuku olufanayo
• Kuseduze nogu lwe-4.5
• Eduze ku-Olanchito, kusukela ku-4.6, lokhu kusezindaweni ezisemakhaya.

Lapho ukhetha iphoyinti lesizinda, kungabonakala ezinye izici, njengebalazwe lokuqina, elibonisa ngemibala izindawo lapho bekukhona ukunyakaza okukhulu emhlabeni. Kuyadabukisa ukuthi kulokhu, i-USGS igcina imephu ene-lag, engamamitha angaba ngu-7,000, kodwa uma ibizingela kahle, ibizobona izindawo ezimakwe ngo-orange eziwela emngceleni weminyango yaseYoro naseCortés, ehlukaniswe ngumfula i-Ulúa lapho kubhidlike khona ibhuloho i-El Progreso.

Ngokuqinisekile, i-Inthanethi ne-Google Earth ishintshe indlela yokubona umhlaba, ngakho-ke, usuvele ubona esigabeni se-Wikipedia esinikezelwe Ukuzamazama komhlaba kwe-2009, nakuba ngezinye izinhloso sibethela kokubili.