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Piura is actually a seismic zone – we just must make safe buildings.   SULLANA, Peru – The land shook on Monday, April 2 nd , 2012. The first record of Peru’s Geophysical Institute (IGP, as its initials in Spanish) marked 6.2 magnitude in Richter Scale and VI intensity in Mercalli Scale . Later, it was modified to 5.0 magnitude in Richter’s and III intensity in Mercalli’s, taking Piura City as a reference.   The epicenter , that originally was located 25 miles to the west of Sullana City , ended to correct to 12 miles to the southeast of that spot, 57 miles depth. At least, the department’s coast felt it strong causing the people to overreact – the most were resting at home. It was eigt past ten at night, local time (0308 GMT, April 3 rd , 2012).   The mechanism of quakes in Piura is not different from the western coast of South America. The phenomenon is caused by the subduction of Nazca Plate against the South American Plate . Said simple, the subductio...

Piura sí es una zona sísmica; sólo queda hacer construcciones seguras.   SULLANA, Piura – La tierra tembló el lunes 2 de abril de 2012. El primer registro del Instituto geofísico del Perú (IGP) marcaba una magnitud 6,2 en la escala de Richter , y una intensidad IV en la de Mercalli . Luego fue modificado a una magnitud 5,0 en la de Richter, y una intensidad III en la de Mercalli, tomando a la ciudad de Piura como referencia.   El epicentro , que originalmente se ubicó a 30 km al oeste de la ciudad de Sullana , terminó corrigiéndose a 17 km al SE de ese punto, con una profundidad de 77 km. Por lo menos la costa de la región lo sintió con fuerza, provocando el sobresalto de la población cuya gran mayoría estaba descansando en casa: era ocho minutos después de las diez de la noche, hora local (0308 GMT del 3 de abril de 2012).   La mecánica de los sismos en Piura no difiere mucho del resto de la costa occidental de Sudamérica. El fenómeno es causado por la su...

A government office and a radio station joined to protect a natural area.   SULLANA, peru – A trendy cumbia song sounds aloud in the radio receivers of the second largest city in the department. Suddenly, the usual commercials, but one that, not using the hackney back music and only with birds sound effects, warns us on the existentce of el Angolo Hunting.   It wasn’t a spot else in the break of every half-hour but the alliance to promote a protected natural area in Sullana Province , and the only one of its kind across Piura Department . Through an agreement signed by Peru’s National service of Protected Natural Areas (SERNANP, as in Spanish) and Radio Nuevo Norte LLP (RNN), the audience had an advertisement pack explaining what a protected natural area is, and what El Angolo is   “The SERNANP gives us the contents  and we produce the ads,” RNN’s manager Jose Carlos Carrasco Flores explained us.   Reservation of Biosphere El Angolo Hunting...

Una oficina gubernamental y un medio de comunicación se unieron para proteger un área natural   SULLANA, Piura – Una cumbia de moda suena a todo volumen en los radio-receptores de la segunda urbe más poblada del departamento. De pronto, los comerciales de siempre, pero uno que, sin usar la manida música de fondo, y con sólo efectos de sonido de aves, nos advierte de la existencia del Coto de Caza El Angolo.   No fue un spot más en la pauta de cada media hora, sino la alianza para promover un área natural protegida e nla provincia de Sullana , y la única de su tipo en todo el departamento de Piura . Mediante un acuerdo firmado en marzo de 2012 entre el Servicio Nacional de Áreas Naturales Protegidas (SERNANP) y Radio Nuevo Norte EIRL (RNN), la audiencia recibió una serie de  avisos que explicaron qué es un área natural protegida, y qué es El angolo.   “El SERNANP nos da los contenidos, y nosotros producimos los avisos”, nos resumió José Carlos Carrasco F...

This is the script prepared to be spoken before AgroRed Norte Summit in Piura City, Peru, on July 17 th , 2015.   By Nelson Peñaherrera Castillo   March 2013, the first and last time I was in an AgroRed Norte Summit. It was an important proffessional milestone to me. I thank the organization about that. A day later I presented before you, a History Latin America network’s crew picked me up early in Sullana City for working almost all that day. They wanted to record our testimonial because of a story we published on FACTORTIERRA  on 2008 .   In July 2013, landscapes of Malingas , a rural community in Tambograndé District , Peru, entered 40 million homes along Latin America and they hold on until now by reprises.   On that first hearing before AgroRed Norte Summit, I went to request you for supporting the need to create scientific spreaders’ nests from schools. I do not know if the idea was welcomed and set up –at least, I was not summoned to o...