Platanar Volcano
Updated: Nov 9, 2025 07:54 GMT -
Stratovolcanoes
Costa Rica, 10.3°N / -84.37°W 
Summit height: 2267 m / 7,438 ft
Current status: normal or dormant (1 out of 5)
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Platanar volcano eruptions: unknown, no recent eruptions
Latest nearby earthquakes
| Date and Time | Mag / Depth | Distance / Location | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 8, 03:02 am (Universal Time) | 2.5 6 km | 27 km (17 mi) to the E | 6 km Al Noreste De Vara Blanca, Costa Rica | Info | |
| Sunday, November 2, 2025 GMT (1 quake) | |||||
| Nov 1, 11:03 pm (Costa Rica) | 3.2 6 km | 5.6 km (3.5 mi) to the S | Costa Rica 4 reports | Info | |
| Friday, October 31, 2025 GMT (1 quake) | |||||
| Oct 31, 12:57 am (Costa Rica) | 2.6 7 km | 28 km (17 mi) to the E | 8 km Al Noreste De Vara Blanca, Costa Rica | Info | |
| Thursday, October 30, 2025 GMT (1 quake) | |||||
| Oct 30, 04:10 pm (Costa Rica) | 2? 96 km | 4.2 km (2.6 mi) to the S | Costa Rica (unconfirmed) | Info | |
| Wednesday, October 29, 2025 GMT (1 quake) | |||||
| Oct 28, 11:27 pm (Costa Rica) | 2.4 6 km | 6.4 km (4 mi) to the S | 24 km Al Oeste De Vara Blanca, Costa Rica | Info | |
| Monday, October 27, 2025 GMT (2 quakes) | |||||
| Oct 27, 03:00 pm (Costa Rica) | 3.4 8 km | 4.8 km (3 mi) to the S | Costa Rica 6 reports | Info | |
| Oct 27, 12:03 pm (Costa Rica) | 2? 3 km | 3.8 km (2.3 mi) to the SE | Costa Rica (unconfirmed) | Info | |
Background
The Platanar volcanic center is the NW-most volcano in the Cordillera Central of Costa Rica. The massive complex covers about 900 sq km and is dominated by two largely Pleistocene stratovolcanoes, Platanar and Porvenir. These volcanoes were constructed within the Pleistocene Chocosuela caldera, which may have formed during a major slope failure. The 2183-m-high Cerro Platanar volcano (known locally as Volcán Congo) on the north side of the complex has prehistorical lava flows on its western flanks and is the youngest volcanic center. The highest peak of the complex is 2267-m-high Porvenir volcano, whose summit crater lies 3 km south of Platanar. A thin layer of phreatic ash suggested that an eruption from Platanar occurred within the past few thousand years (Stine and Banks, 1991). The Aguas Zarcas group of nine basaltic cinder cones, located on the north flank of the Platanar-Porvenir complex to as low as 160 m altitude, is in part Holocene in age.---
Smithsonian / GVP volcano information
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Platanar Volcano Maps
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