Heavy rain will fall in Pucallpa between Friday March 3 and Sunday March 5. (Twitter)

On Wednesday, March 1, the Regional Center for Emergency Operations (COER) alerted by a weather warning that between Friday 3 and Sunday 5 March will fall rainy In Ucayali.

The ace precipitation that will be observed will be characterized by being between moderate and strong. Strong gusts of wind will also be felt, exceeding 40 kilometers per hour; as well as intense electric shocks.

In the northern jungleit is possible that the rainy cause an accumulation that could fluctuate between 40 and 60 millimeters per day. Meanwhile, in the central jungle, the scenario could be different: between 40 and 50 millimeters per day. As for the southern area of ​​the Ucayalina jungle, it is likely that an accumulation of 40 millimeters per day will be observed.

These Meteorological phenomena they can endanger families residing in the provinces of Padre Abad, Coronel Portillo, Atalaya and Purús, so they recommend that people take precautions.

Another climatic phenomenon recently recorded in the Peru It happened on Thursday March 2. The National Seismology Center (Censis) of the Geophysical Institute of Peru (IGP) reported that a magnitude 5.3 earthquake shook Camaná, located in the department of Arequipa.

He earthquake Check-in began at 8:53 p.m., 65 kilometers south of Camaná. It was 18 kilometers deep, intensity level III and IV. Latitude and longitude were -17.2 and -72.79 degrees respectively.

This data led Censis to place the earthquake in a yellow alert category. This was reported by the National Seismic Network.

Recall that, for this entity, the green color range represents earthquakes whose magnitudes are less than 4..4; while yellow is the category used to represent earthquake between 4.5 and 6.0 degrees. The most serious telluric movements are represented by the color red, because they show earthquakes greater than 6.1 degrees.

In the Peru It is common to feel earthquakes or tremors because this country is located in the Pacific Ring of Fire, where 75% of the volcanoes that exist in the world are concentrated. Moreover, in the countries that occupy this territory, 80% of the strongest earthquakes occur all over the planet.

The exact location of the Peru in the Pacific Ring of Fire, the South American tectonic plate collides head-on with the Nazca Plate. The two collide, so they cause tension, which discharges in the form of earthquakes.

In addition to the Peruin the Pacific Ring of Fire is also the mountainous area of ​​western Argentina, Chile, Ecuador, Colombia, Panama, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, El Salvador, Honduras , Guatemala, Mexico, United States and Canada.

Others countries occupying this territory are the Aleutian Islands and the coasts and islands of Russia, Japan, Taiwan, the Philippines, Indonesia, Malaysia, East Timor, Brunei, Singapore, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu and New Zealand.

He Pacific Ring of Fire It occupies 40,000 kilometers and is characterized by its horseshoe-like shape. In this area there are 452 volcanoes, among which are the so-called “supervolcanoes”, which when erupted can cause disasters.

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