పెరూలో భారీ భూకంపం.. తీవ్రత 8.0

పెరూ దేశంలోని పలు నగరాల్లో భారీ భూకంపం సంభవించింది. భూకంప లేఖినిపై 8.0గా తీవ్రత నమోదైందని అమెరికా జియోలాజికల్ సర్వే తెలిపింది. ప్రజలు అప్రమత్తంగా ఉండాలని పెరూ ప్రభుత్వం హెచ్చరించింది.

Published : May 26, 2019, 3:06 PM IST

పెరూలో భారీ భూకంపం సంభవించింది. భూకంప లేఖినిపై తీవ్రత 8.0గా నమోదయినట్లు అమెరికా జియోలాజికల్ సర్వే ప్రకటించింది.

ఆగ్నేయ ప్రాంతంలోని లాగునాస్కు సుమారు 80 కిలోమీటర్ల దూరంలో... తెల్లవారు 2.41గంటల ప్రాంతంలో సుమారు 114 కిలోమీటర్ల లోతులో భూమి కంపించినట్లు తెలిపింది. ఈ ప్రాంతం తూర్పు ఈశాన్య దిశలోని అతిపెద్ద నగరం యురిమగువాస్కు 158 కిలోమీటర్ల దూరంలో ఉంది.

రిక్టర్ స్కేలుపై 7.2 తీవ్రత నమోదైనట్లు పెరూ ప్రభుత్వం ట్వీట్ చేసింది. కలావో, రాజధాని లిమా పట్టణాల్లో భూమి కంపించినట్లు పేర్కొంది. ప్రజలు అప్రమత్తంగా ఉండాలని సూచించింది.

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AUSTRALIA GOANNA STUDY
SOURCE: AuBC
RESTRICTIONS: NO ACCESS AUSTRALIA
LENGTH: 2:58
SHOTLIST:
AuBC - NO ACCESS AUSTRALIA
East Kimberley, Australia – 27 April 2019
1. Truck driving out into the bush
2. Various of aerials of truck heading out into the bush ++mute++
3. Close up of goanna in bush, ranger trying to catch it
4. Ranger holding goanna, UPSOUND (English): "Oh that's a good feed."
5. Goanna running away
6. Goanna escaping from hole, rangers feet
7. SOUNDBITE (English) Vaughan Lee, Nyamba Buru Yawuru ranger:
"Yeah I think more or less the whole of Australia is worried with what's happening you know with the cane toads. Yeah I can see a major decline and maybe even extinction of the goanna species once they come through."
8. Various of Lachlan Pettit, University of Sydney Researcher and rangers talking, walking and setting up trail cameras
9. Close up of trail camera
10. Man made ant nest which helps attract goannas
11. Various of Pettit and the rangers surveying area, checking trail cameras
12. SOUNDBITE (English): Lachlan Pettit, University of Sydney Researcher: ++SOUNDBITE STARTS ON PREVIOUS SHOT++
"Yeah the pattern that we've seen repeatedly throughout Queensland, Northern Territory and the East Kimberley is that when toads do arrive in the area it's devastating for native predators like the goanna."
13. Rangers cooking goanna
14. Pull focus of fire to sign reading (English): "Yawuru"
15. SOUNDBITE (English): Vaughn Lee, Nyamba Buru Yawuru ranger: ++SOUNDBITES INCLUDES CUTAWAYS OF PEOPLE EATING++
"Oh I think you know my feeling would be very low, a bit sad. Losing a culturally significant food source would make a big dent in the Yawuru community and in the Yawuru people itself."
16. Truck driving
17. Aerial of trucks driving through terrain
18. Goanna in tree
19. SOUNDBITE (English): Lachlan Pettit, University of Sydney Researcher: ++SOUNDBITE STARTS ON PREVIOUS SHOT++
"So they're apex predators so they basically regulate the entire environment."
20. Various of rangers measure and record tracks of goannas
21. Person walks down dry river bed
22. Person measures goanna track
23. Lachlan and rangers walking
24. Goanna in a tree
25. Various of Lachlan and rangers working
LEAD IN:
Scientists and rangers are concerned northern Australia's goanna population is being threatened by the toxic cane toad.
By mapping out the healthy goanna population, they hope to prevent future ecological damage.
STORYLINE:
On the fertile plains in Western Australia's northeastern corner goannas are running wild.
While in season they make a tasty meal for Yawuru Rangers if you can catch them.
But the impending invasion of the apex predator, the toxic cane toad, is a concern for all.
It's not a matter of if, it's a matter of when.
"Yeah, I think more or less the whole of Australia is worried with what's happening you know with the cane toads. Yeah I can see a major decline and maybe even extinction of the goanna species once they come through," says ranger Vaughan Lee.
Goanna's mistake the invasive species for food, then unable to stomach the toxins they die.
Rangers have teamed up with researchers to map goanna populations to learn what happens before and after the cane toads arrive, estimated in in this region in three to four years time.
Lachlan Pettit from the University of Sydney has 24 sites with trail camera from Broome to Townsville.
"Yeah the pattern that we've seen repeatedly throughout Queensland, Northern Territory and the East Kimberley is that when toads do arrive in the area it's devastating for native predators like the goanna," says Pettit.
Researchers say that in some areas cane toads can decimate goanna numbers by up to 90%.
If that happens many are worried they will lose an important traditional food source and a valuable connection to their culture.
It's a huge problem the rangers want to avoid at all costs.
"Oh, I think you know my feeling would be very low, a bit sad. Losing a culturally significant food source would make a big dent in the Yawuru community and in the Yawuru people itself" says Vaughn Lee, a Nyamba Buru Yawuru ranger.
Early results from the research show survival is possible but lower numbers come at an environmental cost.
Goanna's are, "apex predators so they basically regulate the entire environment," says Pettit.
The study is due to be completed in 2020.
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