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Authorities of the Geophysical Institute of Peru IGP and the National Institute of Civil Defense INDECI signed today the act of conformity that approves the Operating Protocol of the Peruvian Seismic Alert System SASPe. This measure is part of the Investment Project with Unique Code No. 245499 which indicates the Creation of the Information Generation Monitoring Alert Diffusion and Communication Service for the Early Warning System for Earthquakes in the Departments of the Coast From Peru.This agreement will provide an operating procedure for the automatic activation of the SASPe in the event of earthquakes with a magnitude equal to or greater than M6. In this sense the protocol establishes the structure and mechanisms for the massive dissemination of seismic alert alarm messages that will be made known to the population through electronic sirens. This will apply to critical earthquakes drills and in the case of performance tests.It is important to note that the purpose of this protocol is to integrate the Earthquake Hazard Alert and Monitoring Subsystem which is in charge of the IGP an entity that through its National Seismological Center CENSIS is in charge of monitoring processing and identifying the seismic activity that occurs off the Peruvian coast and the Alert Alarm Communication Diffusion Subsystem in charge of INDECI.Dr. Hernando Tavera highlighted that the implementation of SASPe will allow millions of citizens to find out several seconds in advance about the arrival of the seismic waves generated by a large earthquake. He indicated that this system will have 106 accelerometric stations in 10 regions of the country duly equipped to monitor the occurrence of seismic events and most importantly will benefit more than 18 million Peruvians.SASPe is a great advance for all of us and makes us the country in South America with an earthquake warning system. However this system does NOT warn you that an earthquake will occur it warns you when the seismic waves will reach the place where you are once the earthquake has been generated he emphasized.For his part Dr. Luis Alberto Carranza head of INDECI expressed the institutions commitment at the highest level to continue working together with the IGP for the benefit of the country. I am sure that the technical teams will work to safeguard the lives of thousands of Peruvians who are located along the Peruvian coast and who are exposed to the earthquake he added.The signing of this protocol was carried out at the facilities of the National Emergency Operations Center COEN in the Chorrillos district and is the result of the coordinated work between Dr. Hernando Tavera IGP executive president and Dr. Luis Alberto Carranza Micalay head of INDECI who work committed to in the future save more lives and mitigate the impact of damage due to the occurrence of these natural hazards.
