Los Perdidos Volcano
Updated: Apr 24, 2024 23:06 GMT -
Caldera 1357 m / 4452 ft
Costa Rica, 10.4°N / -84.68°W
Current status: (probably) extinct (0 out of 5)
Costa Rica, 10.4°N / -84.68°W
Current status: (probably) extinct (0 out of 5)
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Los Perdidos volcano eruptions: None during the past 10,000 years
Less than few million years ago (Pleistocene)
Latest nearby earthquakes
Time | Mag. / Depth | Distance / Location | |||
Apr 22, 09:12 am (Costa Rica) | 3.3 7 km | 8.2 km (5.1 mi) to the NW | Costa Rica: 8 km al Oeste de Fortuna, San Carlos. I FELT IT | Info | |
Sunday, April 21, 2024 GMT (3 quakes) | |||||
Apr 21, 02:19 am (Costa Rica) | 3.3 95 km | 19 km (12 mi) to the N | Costa Rica: 62 Km al sur de San Carlos, Nicaragua I FELT IT - 1 report | Info | |
Apr 21, 02:19 am (Costa Rica) | 4.3 116 km | 15 km (9.2 mi) to the NW | Costa Rica: 4 km al Sur de Venado, San Carlos. I FELT IT | Info | |
Apr 20, 09:16 pm (Costa Rica) | 3.1 9 km | 17 km (10.3 mi) to the NW | Costa Rica: 11 km al Sur de Venado, San Carlos. I FELT IT | Info | |
Friday, April 19, 2024 GMT (1 quake) | |||||
Apr 19, 11:14 am (Costa Rica) | 3.0 11 km | Costa Rica: 7 km al Noreste de Venado, San Carlos. I FELT IT | Info | ||
Thursday, April 11, 2024 GMT (1 quake) | |||||
Apr 11, 01:31 pm (Costa Rica) | 2.5 7 km | Costa Rica: 4 km al Norte de Monteverde, Puntarenas. | Info |
Background
The forested Los Perdidos volcano lies at the southern end of a NNW-SSE-trending volcanic chain that includes the Arenal-Chato complex across the Río Fortuna. Volcanism began during the late Pleistocene at Los Perdidos and migrated northward to the historically active Arenal volcano. Several andesitic lava domes were constructed within and on the rim of a caldera, which have been have been Potassium-Argon dated by Gillot et al. (1994) at about 83,000-99,000 years before present.---
Source: Smithsonian / GVP volcano information