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Manual de formación en gestión comunitaria del riesgo por tsunami
(Universidad Nacional, Costa Rica, 2020)
The purpose of the Training Manual on Community Tsunami Risk Management is to be a guide with tools to transmit scientific information related to this type of natural phenomena and to build new knowledge from the dialogue ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Progress in Preparing a Draft 10-Year Research, Development, and Implementation Plan for Ocean Decade Tsunami Programme (2021-2030)
(2022-10-25)
In December 2017, the United Nations General Assembly adopted the 'United Nations Decade of Ocean
Science for Sustainable Development (2021-2030)' resolution. It aims to significantly advance several
research and technology ...
Characterizing tsunami signals from the Hunga Tonga-Hunga-Ha’apai eruption and its effects on the Caribbean
(American Geophysical Union, 2022-12-13)
The Hunga Tonga Hunga Ha'apai eruption of January 15 2022, was a rare geological event, resulting in atmospheric pressure waves being recorded around the world. The event caused significant environmental consequences, ...
Tsunami causado por la erupción del volcán Hunga Tonga - Hunga Ha’apai: registros en Costa Rica y lecciones aprendidas
(Colegio de geólogos de Costa Rica, 2022-06-29)
El tsunami causado por la erupción del volcán Hunga Tonga - Hunga Ha’apai fue el primer
tsunami de origen volcánico registrado en Costa Rica y el número 41 del que se tiene registro. Fue
ampliamente observado por muchas ...
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 ...