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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 ...
Tsunami Exercises on a Remote Basis: Costa Rican experiences
(Seismological Society of America, 2021-04-21)
As part of the guidelines to obtain the Tsunami Ready recognition from IOC/ UNESCO, the Pacific communities of Tamarindo and Uvita were required to perform a tsunami exercise. On the 16 March 2020 started in Costa Rica the ...
Tsunami de las islas Kermadec del 4 de marzo del 2021: registros, modelado numérico y atención del evento para Costa Rica
(Universidad Nacional (Costa Rica), 2022-03-23)
El 4 de marzo de 2021 ocurrió un sismo de Mw=8.1 en la trinchera de Tonga-Kermadec, que
generó una advertencia de tsunami por parte del Centro de Alerta de Tsunamis del Pacífico
(PTWC). Se presenta un evento por parte ...
Ocean Decade Project: Integrating Coastal Hazard Early Warning Systems for the Tropical Americas and Caribbean(iCHEWS)
(IUGG, 2023-07-15)
In June 2021, UNESCO IOC approved the Ocean Decade Tsunami Programme (ODTP) in response to the call to action by the UN Ocean Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development (2021-2030). The ODTP has two overarching ...
Impact in Costa Rica of the tsunami caused by the Hunga Tonga - Hunga Ha’apai volcano eruption on 15 January 2022
(Springer, 2023-05-12)
Hunga Tonga–Hunga Ha’apai had a large eruption (VEI 5–6) on 15 January 2022, which caused a tsunami recorded in all ocean basins. Costa Rica has made many advances in tsunami preparation over the past 9 years since the ...