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The Geophysical Institute of Peru IGP an agency attached to the Ministry of the Environment MINAM participated on Thursday June 23 in the virtual webinar on Disaster risk management in the Tacna region that commemorated 21 years since the earthquake that shook the south of our country. Speakers representing entities that seek to strengthen the theme Disaster Risk Management in favor of decision makers and the general public of the Tacna region joined the aforementioned seminar . This event was organized by the National Defense Citizen Security Regional Office and the Moquegua Regional Emergency Operations Center COER.The scientific researcher of the IGP Estela Centeno commented in her presentation on the characteristics of seismicity in the Tacna region as well as the tools that the institution provides to Peruvians so that they can become aware of a large earthquake and thus protect the human life. A major earthquake the levels of ground shaking and the damage they cause will depend on the type of construction and the quality of the soil where the houses are built. Therefore to reduce the risk the population and authorities were invited to review the geophysical-geotechnical zoning studies that the IGP has prepared for the districts of Ciudad Nueva Alto de la Alianza Tacna Ite and Boca del Rio de la Tacna region as well as participating in the drills promoted by the authorities in order to form a culture of prevention explained Estela Centeno.In this way the IGP continues with its commitment to inform the Peruvian population in order to generate a culture of prevention in the face of seismic events. And in turn it contributes to disaster risk management by doing Science to protect us Science to move forward .
