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Turrialba volcano (Costa Rica): ash emissions cause light ash fall near San Jose
Ash emissions from Turrialba volcano (OVSICORI webcam)
Wednesday, May 22, 2013
New ash emissions occurred yesterday and produced light ash falls in the outskirts of San José, in the areas of Guadalupe, Tres Ríos, Curridabat, and Ipis (at about 30 km distance). ... [more]
Poas volcano (Costa Rica) activity update
Friday, May 03, 2013
A phreatic explosion occurred from the crater lake on 1 May. [more]
Poas volcano (Costa Rica) activity update
Yesterday's signal from Poás volcano
Wednesday, May 01, 2013
A small earthquake swarm occurred yesterday, probably caused by fluid movements bringing heat into the crater lake. Seismicity has calmed down today again. [more]
Poas volcano (Costa Rica) activity update
Saturday, Apr 20, 2013
Minor volcanic unrest that had affected the volcano in the past days seems to be over. [more]
Poas volcano (Costa Rica) activity update
Seismic signal from Poás volcano (POA2 station, OVSICORI)
Wednesday, Apr 10, 2013
The seismic signal suggests increased tremor and signals of possible hydrothermal explosions. An elevated SO2 concentration above the area suggests a higher level of degassing activity. [more]
Volcanoes of Costa Rica
Map showing Costa Rica's most active volcanoes and the location of the plate boundary between the subducting Pacific and the overriding Carribean plate. (Base map created using Jules Verne UNAVCO map tool featuring Face of the Earth (TM)).
Map showing Costa Rica's most active volcanoes and the location of the plate boundary between the subducting Pacific and the overriding Carribean plate. (Base map created using Jules Verne UNAVCO map tool featuring Face of the Earth (TM)).

Volcanoes of Costa Rica

Orosí | Rincón de la Vieja | Miravalles | Tenorio | Arenal | Platanar | Poas | Barva | Turrialba | Irazu
Costa Rica is a small country but has a lot of active volcanoes aligned like pearls on a chain, caused by the NE subduction of the Pacific tectonic plate under the Carribean plate. Among the country's most active volcanoes are Arenal, Poás and Irazú volcanoes.
Orosí
(stratovolcanoes)		 [more]
Rincón de la Vieja
(complex volcano)		 Rincón de la Vieja is the largest volcano in NW Costa Rica and one of its most active ones. [more]
Miravalles
(stratovolcano)		 [more]
Tenorio
(stratovolcanoes)		 [more]
Arenal
(stratovolcano)		 Arenal vullkan shihet nga Rio CalienteArenal, një tërheqje e madhe turistike në Kosta Rika, është një nga vullkanet më aktive të Amerikës Qendrore. Që nga një shpërthim i madh në vitin 1968, ajo ka qenë në afërsi të vazhdueshëm aktivitetin e ndërtimit të një kube lavë dhe shfaqja e aktivitetit të butë eksplozive nga ... [more]
Platanar
(stratovolcanoes)		 [more]
Poas
(stratovolcano)		 Poás is one of Costa Rica´s most active volcanoes, and one of its most frequently visited and prominent ones. It contains a green acid crater lake and during some of its frequent phreatic eruptions, water from the lake is ejected like a geyser. [more]
Barva
(complex volcano)		 [more]
Turrialba
(stratovolcano)		 Turrialba vullkan shihet nga IrazuTurrialba (3340 m) është lindor të vullkane aktive Kosta Rika. Kjo është një stratovolcano të madhe me një kompleks të 3 kratere samitit dhe krahët e tij mbuluar kryesisht nga tokë bujqësore dhe pyjore. vegjetacionit. Pas shpërthimit të saj të mëparshëm në 1866, shenjat e trazira... [more]
Irazu
(stratovolcano)		 Irazú (3432 m) menjëherë në lindje të San José kapitalit. Lartë dhe një nga Vullkani më aktive të saj Kosta Rika Tephra bien (hi) gjatë shpërthimit të fundit të mëdha të Irazú në 1963-65 shkaktoi dëme të mëdha për infrastrukturën dhe jetën në San Jose dhe rrethinat e saj.... [more]
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