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Agreement with the district municipality will allow the scientific entity to have an area for the implementation of seismic monitoring equipment.The Geophysical Institute of Peru IGP a body attached to the Ministry of the Environment will soon install a seismic alert station for the SASPe project in Marcona Ica thanks to an inter-institutional agreement signed with the local district municipality. The agreement between the IGP and the District Municipality of Marcona will allow this coastal town of Ica to be included in the Peruvian Seismic Alert System SASPe to warn about the occurrence of a large earthquake whose waves may affect the urban area. The alert time in seconds will depend on the proximity of the epicenter of the earthquake to the urban area of Marcona. For example if the system had been operational in August 2007 when the Pisco earthquake occurred the alert from that city would have reached Marcona twelve seconds in advance before the seismic waves shake the soils of that district. The two-year agreement with Marcona with the option of automatic renewal will allow the IGP to install and operate one of the 106 seismic stations of the SASPe Project. For its part the district municipality will grant permits for access and use of a physical area where the station will operate. Background and benefitMarcona and other localities in the Nasca province are frequently affected by earthquakes due to the convergence of tectonic plates in the coastal zone of Peru such as those that occurred on Monday January 22 and January 20 the day on which five earthquakes in less than two hours that alerted the population. This agreement is an important step for the IGP as a State but more so for the population of Marcona. The 106 sensors that will be installed throughout the Peruvian coastline will generate timely information for the benefit of eighteen million people and will strengthen disaster risk management highlighted Hernando Tavera IGPs executive president.
