Kuvamile, Kodwa iziqhumane nokuzamazama komhlaba kungathinta ukuhamba kweCaribbean

Sivame ukuhlobanisa izintaba-mlilo neHawaii nokuzamazama komhlaba ngeCalifornia, kodwa iCaribbean inesabelo sayo esihle sezindawo zokuzamazama komhlaba nezintaba-mlilo. Ukuzamazama komhlaba kuvame kakhulu eCaribbean kunezintaba-mlilo, kanti lapho izenzakalo ezinkulu zingavamile, kokubili ngezinye izikhathi kungaphazamisa ukuhamba nokubeka abantu engozini. Kodwa kungenzeka ukuthi uyamangala ezimalini zokuqhuma kwesidala noma ukuzamazama komhlaba kunokuba uzihileleke owodwa eCaribbean.

Ingabe ingozi yokuzamazama komhlaba noma ukuqhuma kwe-volcanic kufanele ithinte izinqumo zakho ngokuya eCaribbean? Awusekho ngaphezu kokuthi bangene e-equation lapho behlela uhambo, bathi, isiqhingi esikhulu noma iLos Angeles. Futhi ngokuqinisekile hhayi ngezinga lokuthi ungacabanga ngayo umthelela wesiphepho saseCaribbean noma isiphepho esishisayo - futhi leyo ngozi iyinto encane kakhulu.

Ukuzamazama Komhlaba Nokunciphisa Kungakhona Kanjani?

I-Caribbean yindawo ekhuthele ngokomoya ngoba ama-tectonic aseCaribbean naseNyakatho Melika ahlangene lapha, futhi imigqa yephutha ivela lapho lezi zingqimba ze-tectonic zithinta khona. Ezindaweni lapho ipuleti eyodwa ihamba ngaphansi komunye, idwala lingancibilika, futhi ingcindezi ingashukumisela le ndawo encibilikisiwe, ebangele ukuqhuma kwe-volcanic.

Ukuzamazama komhlaba kuvame kakhulu eCaribbean, kodwa ngokuvamile akunamandla kakhulu. Izivakashi ezihlela ukuhleka elangeni zingase kusimangaze uma zizwa ukuthi amaCaribbean ahlangabezana nokuzamazama komhlaba okungaphezu kuka-3 000 ngonyaka; kungenxa yokuthi iningi lincane kangaka kangangokuthi liyabonakala ngabanye abantu ngaphandle kwe-seismologists.

Ukuzamazama komhlaba okulimazayo kukaJanuwari ka-2010 ePort-au-Prince, eHaiti , kwakungeyona into ehlukile - isibalo esingamakhulu angu-7.0 esikhaleni saseRichter esineziqephu zayo eziqhele ngamakhilomitha angu-10 ukusuka enhloko-dolobha yezwe. Ukuzamazama komhlaba kweHaiti kubangelwa ukuqhuma kwe-Enriquilla-Plantain Garden Fault egijima empumalanga-ntshonalanga ngokusebenzisa i-Hispaniola (iHaiti neDominican Republic ), i- Jamaica ne- Cayman Islands .

I-Hispaniola iphinde ibe nomunye umgwaqo omkhulu wephutha, i-Septentrional Fault, eyanqamula ngasenyakatho enyakatho yesiqhingi futhi iphinde ihambisane neCuba .

Ukuzamazama komhlaba kwe-Haiti ka-2010 kwaphazamisa, kwafa abantu abangaba ngu-100 000 kanye nezakhiwo ezine-quarter of million. Ukuzamazama komhlaba okunamandla kakhulu kuye kwabhalwa esifundeni kulekhulu leminyaka elidlule, kuhlanganise nokuzamazama kwamandla angu-7.7 e-Aguadilla, ePuerto Rico, ngo-1943 kanye nokuzamazama kwamandla angu-7.5 eSt. John, e-Antigua, ngo-1974. emlandweni wamshaya iPort Royal, Jamaica, ngo-1692, okwenza iningi lomuzi - ngaleso sikhathi, ichweba elicebile kunazo zonke eJamica kanye nomlando oyingqayizivele wamapirate - ukugoba olwandle.

Amadolobha Alahlekile asePlymouth naseSt. Saint-Pierre, kokubili okuthiwa yi-Volcanoes

Iziqhingi zase-Western Antilles zaseCaribbean zinezintambo zezikhukhula ezikhuthele, ezimbi futhi eziphelile. Into ephawulekayo yi-volcano yeSoufriere Hills eMontserrat , eyayineziqephu zokuqhuma okukhulu ema-1990 okwaholela ekubhujisweni kwenhloko-dolobha yesiqhingi, uPlymouth. Kanye lapho kufike khona indawo ye-jet-setting yezinkanyezi ze-movie nabaculi, kuhlanganise nomkhiqizi weBeatles uGeorge Martin otholakale ne-Air Studios yakhe edumile esiqhingini, i-Montserrat isabhekene nobunzima bokubuyiselwa ekubhujisweni okukhulunywa ngu "Madame Soufriere."

Konke, kunezintaba ezingu-17 eziqhumayo esifundeni saseCaribbean, kuhlanganise nePele Pelee eMartinique , iLa Grande Soufriere eGuadeloupe , eSoufriere St. Vincent emaGrenadines, noKick 'em Jenny - intaba-mlilo engaphansi komhlaba ogwini lwaseGrenada okungenzeka ngelinye ilanga liba isiqhingi esisha (lesi sihloko manje sesingaphezu kwamamitha angama-500 ngaphansi kolwandle).

E-St. Lucia, izivakashi zingathola intaba-mlilo "ehamba ngezintaba" eziyingqayizivele futhi zijabulele ukucwilisa emithonjeni eshisayo namabhodlela okudaka okuyisikhumbuzo sesikhathi esidlule se-volcanic esiqhingini (manje esiphelile). Ukuqothulwa okukhulu kunamapulangwe edolobheni laseSaint-Pierre eMartinique: "iParis yaseCaribbean" yayingena e-Mount Pelee ngo-1902, ehamba nge-lava ne-pyroclastic, ebulala abantu abangu-28 000. Izakhamuzi ezimbili kuphela zasinda.

Kwabaningi abahamba ngezinyawo, izintaba-mlilo zithinta kakhulu izivakashi kunokuthi zivimbele ukuhamba; ngezikhathi ezithile, umusi nomlotha ovela eMontserrat kuzobangela ukubambezeleka noma ukuhanjiswa kwabahambi bezindiza, kodwa amanxiwa asePlymouth ahlala enye yezindlela ezithakazelisayo kakhulu eCaribbean - kumele abone eMontserrat Volcano Tour .

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