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Evaluación de la peligrosidad del tsunami de Chile del 16 de setiembre del 2015 para Costa Rica
(Revista Ciencias Marinas y Costeras vo.8 no.1 113-128 2016, 2016)
A Mw 8.3 earthquake took place in Chile on September 16th, 2015 causing a local tsunami. As a consequence, this earthquake prompted the National Tsunami Monitoring System (SINAMOT) in Costa Rica to conduct a tsunami hazard ...
The rip current hazard in Costa Rica
(2015-01-31)
Deaths from rip currents are a major hazard on global beaches, but few data are available at a national scale to support the development of appropriate intervention programs. Analysis of data from the Judicial Investigation ...
Numerical Simulations of the 1991 Limón Tsunami, Costa Rica Caribbean Coast
(Pure and Applied Geophysics vol.174 2945-2959 2017, 2017)
The second largest recorded tsunami along the Caribbean margin of Central America occurred 25 years ago. On April 22nd, 1991, an earthquake with magnitude Mw 7.6 ruptured along the thrust faults that form the North Panama ...
Historical Tsunamis at the Costa Rican Caribbean Coast
(Universidad de Costa Rica, 2021-04-22)
Aún cuando los tsunamis son poco frecuentes en el Caribe de Costa Rica, pueden llegar a ser destructivos. En Costa Rica existe la creencia errónea de que no hemos tenido tsunamis. Sin embargo, los autores encontraron ...
Estructura del fitoplancton en las épocas seca y lluviosa en el golfo de Papagayo, Costa Rica
(Universidad Nacional (Costa Rica), 2018-07)
Con el propósito de estudiar la estructura de la comunidad fitoplanctónica en el golfo de Papagayo, se realizaron 2 muestreos en febrero y junio del 2017, y se analizó adicionalmente información hidrográfica. Su composición ...
Evaluación del potencial de tsunamis locales con base en análisis sismo-tectónico en el Caribe de Costa Rica
(Universidad de Costa Rica, 2021-04-22)
En Costa Rica, pese a su relativa baja frecuencia, los tsunamis suponen un riesgo en las comunidades costeras. La integración de información geofísica y geológica permite la interpretación de posibles áreas de ruptura para ...
A first estimation of tsunami hazard of the Pacific coast of Costa Rica from local and distant seismogenic sources
(Springer, 2021-06-04)
Costa Rica has been affected by several local and distant tsunamis in the past, but the historical information is scarce and incomplete. Its Pacific coast stretches for over a thousand kilometers, and tsunami hazard has ...
New records of historical tsunamis obtained from Costa Rican newspapers
(American Geophysical Union, 2020-12-14)
Costa Rica has few records of historical tsunamis, due to traditionally low populated coasts and moderate tsunami potential, among other reasons. As part of the writing of the first tsunami catalog of Costa Rica, the authors ...
Reverse circulation in Bahía Santa Elena, North Pacific of Costa Rica
(Elsevier B.V., 2021-02-10)
This work describes the water circulation of Bahía Santa Elena using velocity fields and hydrographic data obtained from a ship-mounted Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler and a vertical profiler Conductivity–Temperature–Depth ...
Las masas de agua del océano Pacifico Tropical frente a Costa Rica (ING)
(Universidad Nacional (Costa Rica), 1984-07-01)
Utilizando datos de la Expedición EASTROPAC, se estudiaron las principales masas de agua presentes en el Océano Pacifico Tropical frente a Costa Rica. Fueron encontradas el agua superficial tropical (AST), el agua superficial ...