List of faults in Costa Rica

The following is a partial list of faults in Costa Rica:

  • Agua Caliente Fault, in the Central Valley.[1]
  • Alajuela Fault, in the Central Valley.[1]
  • Ángel-Varablanca Fault, in the Central Valley.[2]
  • Atirro Fault, in Turrialba.[1]
  • Buenavista Fault, in Pérez Zeledón.[3]
  • Canoas Fault, in the Southern Zone.[1]
  • Chiripa Fault, in the Northern Zone.[1]
  • Escazú Fault, in the Central Valley.[1]
  • Golfito Fault, in Golfito.[3]
  • Guápiles Fault, in Caribbean Zone.[1]
  • Jateo Fault, in the Central Valley.[1]
  • Navarro Fault, in Turrialba.[1]
  • San Miguel Fault, in the Central Valley.[4]
  • Zarceró Fault, in the Northern Zone.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j Wilfredo Rojas, ed. (2009), La alta vulnerabilidad sísmica de Costa Rica (PDF), Sección de Sismología, Vulcanología y Exploración Geofísica, Escuela Centroamericana de Geología, archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-18
  2. ^ "El terremoto de cinchona del jueves 8 de enero de 2009" [The Cinchona earthquake of Thursday, January 8, 2009] (PDF) (in Spanish). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-07-04. Retrieved 2010-01-19.
  3. ^ a b "Map of Quaternary Faults and Folds of Costa Rica" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2003-03-31.
  4. ^ "El terremoto de cinchona del jueves 8 de enero de 2009" [The Cinchona earthquake of Thursday, January 8, 2009] (PDF) (in Spanish). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-07-04. Retrieved 2010-01-19.
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