Scaling the Heights with Peruvian Miners: Ricardo Carrión

Scaling the Heights with Peruvian Miners: Ricardo Carrión

Source: Alec Gimurtu for The Gold Report (1/14/13)

The Peruvian mining sector has lots of promising developers and producers, but don’t ignore the smaller companies—2013 may surprise to the upside in Peru. In this interview with The Gold Report, Ricardo Carrión, managing director for capital markets and corporate finance for Kallpa Securities in Lima, Peru, says it is fine to ride the wave [...]

Alert: 5.7 earthquake, near the coast of Central Peru. Jul 2 6:31pm at epicenter (21m ago, 53km SSE of Ica, depth 35km)

Earthquake Details

This event has been reviewed by a seismologist.

Magnitude
5.7

Date-Time

Monday, July 02, 2012 at 23:31:37 UTC
Monday, July 02, 2012 at 06:31:37 PM at epicenter

Location
14.444°S, 75.559°W

Depth
35.3 km (21.9 miles)

Region
NEAR THE COAST OF CENTRAL PERU

Distances

53 km (33 miles) SSE (150°) from Ica, Peru
127 km (79 miles) SSE (151°) from Chincha Alta, Peru
158 km (98 miles) W (281°) from Puquio, Peru
307 km (190 miles) SSE (148°) from LIMA, Peru

Location Uncertainty
horizontal +/- 12.7 km (7.9 miles); depth +/- 7.6 [...]

Alert: 4.9 earthquake, off the coast of Tarapaca, Chile. Jul 1 12:44pm at epicenter (20m ago, 130km WSW of Iquique, depth 33.3km)

Earthquake Details

This event has been reviewed by a seismologist.

Magnitude
4.9

Date-Time

Sunday, July 01, 2012 at 17:44:59 UTC
Sunday, July 01, 2012 at 12:44:59 PM at epicenter

Location
20.679°S, 71.287°W

Depth
33.3 km (20.7 miles)

Region
OFF THE COAST OF TARAPACA, CHILE

Distances

130 km (81 miles) WSW (248°) from Iquique, Chile
262 km (163 miles) SSW (202°) from Arica, Chile
317 km (197 miles) SSW (200°) from Tacna, Peru
1134 km (705 miles) SSE (148°) from LIMA, Peru

Location Uncertainty
horizontal +/- 23.9 km (14.9 miles); depth +/- 8.3 km [...]

Alert: 6.0 earthquake, southern Peru. Jun 7 11:03am at epicenter (17m ago, 119km WNW of Arequipa, depth 100km)

Earthquake Details

This event has been reviewed by a seismologist.

Magnitude
6.0

Date-Time

Thursday, June 07, 2012 at 16:03:18 UTC
Thursday, June 07, 2012 at 11:03:18 AM at epicenter

Location
15.919°S, 72.516°W

Depth
99.7 km (62.0 miles)

Region
SOUTHERN PERU

Distances

119 km (74 miles) WNW (298°) from Arequipa, Peru
216 km (134 miles) SE (128°) from Puquio, Peru
221 km (137 miles) NW (310°) from Moquegua, Peru
648 km (402 miles) SE (131°) from LIMA, Peru

Location Uncertainty
horizontal +/- 16 km (9.9 miles); depth +/- 8.4 km (5.2 miles)

Parameters
NST=450, Nph=543, Dmin=470.9 [...]

Alert: 4.8 earthquake, Central Peru. May 30 4:59pm at epicenter (19m ago, 181km ESE of Huanuco, depth 56km)

Earthquake Details

This event has been reviewed by a seismologist.

Magnitude
4.8

Date-Time

Wednesday, May 30, 2012 at 21:59:06 UTC
Wednesday, May 30, 2012 at 04:59:06 PM at epicenter

Location
10.286°S, 74.570°W

Depth
56.2 km (34.9 miles)

Region
CENTRAL PERU

Distances

181 km (113 miles) ESE (103°) from Huanuco, Peru
211 km (131 miles) NNE (19°) from Huancayo, Peru
212 km (132 miles) S (181°) from Pucallpa, Peru
337 km (210 miles) NE (54°) from LIMA, Peru

Location Uncertainty
horizontal +/- 26.2 km (16.3 miles); depth +/- 10.7 km (6.6 miles)

Parameters
NST= 76, Nph= [...]

Flesh-Eating Bacteria Consumes Man’s Penis

DORAL, Fla. –  A man suing after a major medical mistake left him disfigured gave testimony Thursday that revealed the intimate details of his misery.

Late Thursday afternoon, Enrique Milla testified at the Miami-Dade County Courthouse from his new home in Lima, Peru via Skype. He said he wanted a penile implant to improve his sex life in 2007. “About a year before I realized I had problems,” Milla said through [...]

Dead Dolphins, Birds Causing Alarm in Peru

LIMA, Peru — Late last year, fishermen began finding dead dolphins, hundreds of them, washed up on Peru’s northern coast. Now, seabirds have begun dying, too, and the government has yet to conclusively pinpoint a cause.

Officials insist that the two die-offs are unrelated. The dolphins are succumbing to a virus, they suggest, and the seabirds are dying of starvation because anchovies are in short supply.

But even three months after officials [...]

Quote of the day: “There are four boxes to use in the defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, ammo. Use in that order.”

When I get into a discussion with friends and family about the future of the planet, I first ask them to Google earth the following citys,  I tell them to zoom in close then slowly pull back on each city, after they complete that task we usually have a more au fait conversation.

Shanghai, China 13.3 million
Mumbai (Bombay), India 12.6 million
Buenos Aires, Argentina 11.92 million
Moscow, Russia 11.3 million
Karachi, Pakistan 10.9 million
Delhi, India 10.4 million
Manila, Philippines 10.3 million
Sao Paulo, Brazil 10.26 million
Seoul, [...]