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Tenorio volcano

Stratovolcanoes 1916 m / 6,286 ft
Costa Rica, 10.67°N / -85.02°W
Current status: normal or dormant (1 out of 5) | Reports
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Typical eruption style: unspecified
Tenorio volcano eruptions: unknown, no recent eruptions
TimeMag. / DepthDistanceLocation
Thu, 14 Nov 2019
Thu, 14 Nov 01:22 UTCM 3.2 / 6 km19 kmCosta Rica
Mon, 11 Nov 2019
Mon, 11 Nov 15:04 UTCM 3.3 / 142 km21 km0 km al Noroeste de San Rafael, Guatuso. (Costa Rica)
Thu, 7 Nov 2019
Thu, 7 Nov 14:46 UTCM 2.7 / 139 km20 km6 km al Noroeste de Buena Vista, Guatuso. (Costa Rica)
Wed, 6 Nov 2019
Wed, 6 Nov 05:29 UTCM 2.8 / 7 km12 km9 km al Oeste de Cote, Guatuso. (Costa Rica)
Sat, 2 Nov 2019
Sat, 2 Nov 20:12 UTCM 2.6 / 3 km1 km8 km al Este de Rio Naranjo, Bagaces. (Costa Rica)
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Background:

The 225 sq km dominantly andesitic Tenorio volcanic massif anchors the SE end of the Guanacaste Range and consists of a cluster of densely forested NNW-SSE-trending volcanic cones. Overlapping lava flows from the principal peak, Tenorio, blanket the NW-to-SW flanks and descend the NE flank. The NW-most of three craters of the central cone is sparsely vegetated and appears to be the most recently active. Volcán Montezuma to the north has twin craters, the northern of which fed a lava flow to the NE. Additional pyroclastic cones are found to the NE and SW of the central complex, and the Bijagua lava domes were constructed on the northern flank. A major debris avalanche covered about 100 sq km below the southern flank of the volcano. A legend exists of an eruption in 1816, but the volcano was densely forested at the time of an 1864 visit by Seebach and is not considered to have erupted in historical time. Fumarolic activity is present on the NE flank.
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