Browsing Ponencias by Subject "COSTA RICA"

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    • A first estimation of Tsunami Hazard of the Caribbean Coast of Costa Rica from Local and Distant Seismogenic Sources 

      Chacon-Barrantes, Silvia; Murillo Gutiérrez, Anthony; Rivera, Fabio (IV Assembly of the Latin American and Caribbean Seismological Commission, LACSC 2022, 2022-10-04)
      Costa Rica has experienced 41 tsunamis since 1746, 36 of them at the Pacific coast and only 5 at the Caribbean coast. However, the oldest record belongs to the Caribbean coast, as well as the only tsunami that has caused ...

    • New records of historical tsunamis obtained from Costa Rican newspapers 

      Chacon-Barrantes, Silvia; Murillo Gutiérrez, Anthony; Rivera Cerdas, Fabio (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 ...

    • Tsunamis más grandes de la historia de Costa Rica 

      Chacon-Barrantes, Silvia; Murillo Gutiérrez, Anthony; Rivera, Fabio (Congreso Nacional de Gestión del Riesgo de Desastres y Adaptación al Cambio Climático, 2022-10-19)
      Aquí mostramos los tsunamis más grandes de la historia de Costa Rica a partir del Catálogo de tsunamis de Costa Rica, en el periodo de 1746-2021. En un país donde existe la creencia generalizada de que nunca hemos ...