Uthuruku


Ingxenye eseningizimu-ntshonalanga yeBolivia ihlotshiswe amahle futhi ngesikhathi esifanayo i-volcano eyingozi kakhulu i-Utruska (Uturuncu), esesigodini sase-Altipano. Abantu abambalwa ngaye abancane bayaziwa, kodwa i-seismologists eyaziwa kakhulu igxile kakhulu ngomsebenzi ongakaze wenziwe we-volcano, osanda kuvele uzibonakalise kaningi. Kulesi sihloko, sizozama ukuthola ukuthi kungenzeka yini ukuqhuma kwe-Uthuruku, futhi yini esongela lo mcimbi waseBolivia nakwamanye amazwe aseduze.

Iphuzu eliphakeme kunayo yonke yezwe

I-Volcano i-Uthuruku inezintaba ezimbili, ukuphakama kwesinye ngasinye okufinyelela cishe ngo-6008 m. Lokhu kwenza ukuthi intaba-mlilo ibe indawo ephakeme kunazo zonke eBolivia. Ukuqhuma kokugcina kwe-volcanic kwaqoshwa eminyakeni engaphezu kuka-300 eyedlule, kodwa namuhla ososayensi bayabona umsebenzi okhulayo. Insimu ye-Utturku ihlanganiswe ne-deposits kusuka ekuphumuleni kwe-pyroclastic, lapho kungenzeka khona ukwahlulela ubukhulu bokuqhuma kokugcina. Ngokusho kwedatha yesayensi, kungenzeka ukuthi ukukhululeka kwamagma kunamandla, ngamandla kanye nokubhubhisa okufana nokuqhuma komgwaqo we-Yellowstone.

Ingabe ukwesaba kulungile?

Namuhla, izazi zezintaba-mlilo emhlabeni jikelele zifunda u-Uthuruku. Ucwaningo lwabo lwakamuva luye lwabonisa ukuthi ukukhula kwesitsha samagmatic sekuqalile, okungaholela enhlekeleleni. Amaphuzu ososayensi aqinisekisa ukuzamazama komhlaba okuncane nsuku zonke, ukuphakama kwenhlabathi endaweni ye-volcano kuya kuma-20 cm, ukushintshashintsha kwesikhashana komhlaba kanye nokuzamazama komhlaba. Naphezu kwezingcingo ezesabekayo, ochwepheshe bazama ukuhlala bezolile, ngoba aziwa ngokuqinisekile ukuthi ukuqhuma kwe-Uthuruku kuzokwenzeka esikhathini esizayo esiseduze, noma i-apocalypse izokwenzeka ngemva kwezinkulungwane zeminyaka.

Njengamanje, ochwepheshe batadisha izinguquko ezenzeka ngasogwini nasogwini olwandle lwamachibi asezindaweni eziseningizimu nasempumalanga ye-volcano. Uma inhlabathi iqhubeka nokukhula kwayo, kungenzeka ukuthi ukubikezela ngokuqiniseka ukuqhuma okuzayo kwe-Uthuruku.

Ungayithola kanjani ku-Utturku?

Ukuze uvakashele i-Utturku, abantu abahamba ngezinyawo kuzodingeka benze uhambo olunzima. Ukuze ufinyelele endaweni lapho i-giant isendaweni khona, ungakwazi ngezindiza. Basuka enhloko-dolobha yaseBolivia nasemadolobheni aseduze nsuku zonke, isikhathi sokuhamba sisuka emahoreni angu-5 kuya kwangu-7 ngokulandelana. Ngemuva kokufika, udinga imoto engaqashelwa kalula kwenye yezindawo zokuhlala eziseduze.

Uma unquma ukunqoba phezulu kwe-volcano ye-Utturku, qiniseka ukuthi unakekele imishini ekhethekile futhi usebenzise izinsizakalo zomqhubi onolwazi.