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Miravalles

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  • Country
  • Volcanic Region
  • Landform | Volc Type
  • Last Known Eruption
  • 10.748°N
  • 85.153°W

  • 2,028 m
    6,654 ft

  • 345030
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Most Recent Bulletin Report: October 1997 (BGVN 22:10) Citation IconCite this Report

Significant earthquake swarm under S flank

The most significant earthquake swarm at Miravalles in several years occurred on the S flank during 5-27 October (figure 2). The swarm, consisting of 146 located events, was centered around 10.7°N, 85.15°W. No pattern was found correlating the seismity with known local faults.

Figure (see Caption) Figure 2. Major faults in the Guanacaste Range of Costa Rica and October earthquake locations around Miravalles and Tenorio volcanoes. During 5-27 October, 620 earthquakes were recorded, but only 187 could be located. Courtesy of ICE.

Approximately 88% of the earthquakes were M5.0 are not rare near Miravalles; however, the occurrence of two unrelated swarms nearby at Tenorio (~16 km ESE) during October was unusual.

Information Contacts: Gerardo J. Soto and Waldo Taylor, Oficina de Sismología y Vulcanología, Departamento de Geología, Instituto Costarricense de Electricidad (ICE), Apartado 10032-1000, San José, Costa Rica.