Is it time for a joint scientific observatory in Piura?
It doesn’t only rain, the soil also shakes – what physical place gathers that information for taking better decisions? By Nelson Peñaherrera Castillo SULLANA, Peru – The quake of October 5 th , 2022 in Miguel Checa District must face us a reality we maybe have dismissed or ignored: Piura is a seismic zone. It’s the second time in 15 months that a same hypocenter actives violently, the same magnitude (6.1), the same intensity (VI). Since 2022-mid, Peru’s Geophysical Institute(IGP, as its initials in Spanish) is already on the field, between the towns of Sojo (Miguel Checa District) and Mallarés ( Marcavelica District ), investigating how it’s,how this piece of Earth crust behaves. The information will be useful for planning the urban growth, like Sullana Metropolitan Area, that trends to expand toward the west. Upon IGP historic facts, there are other hypocenters those regularly feature seismic activity: Talara: In a course starting s...