There were 31 earthquakes at the Irazu volcano this Thursday, yes you're reading it right, 31!
The Irazú shook and shook and shook between 5 am and 11 am on Thursday. Surprisingly, only one of the tremors was felt by the population, registering 3.1 on the Richter scale. Read more »
The Observatorio Vulcanológico y Sismológico de Costa Rica reported 12 quakes Monday. They ranged in magnitude from 1.5 to 3.2. A local fault is being blamed for a flurry of earthquakes that have been detected in the vicinity of the Irazú Volcano.
The observatory said that the quakes were located a few kilometres northeast of the volcano crater and that they had no relationship with volcanic activity. The quakes took place in less than an hour from 7 pm to 8 pm.
Irazú volcano has been emitting acidic gas and steam for several months now and access to the Turrialba volcano has been closed completely.
The money for the Observatorio Vulcanologico y Sismologico de Costa Rica came from the national emergency commission.The director of the observatory, said that all of the 1.4 billion colones will go on improvements to the monitoring systems. The money will be used to provide real-time monitoring of the 4 most active volcanoes of Costa Rica: Arenal, Poas, Irazu, and Turrialba.
The Observatorio Vulcanologico is based at Universidad Nacional in Heredia. Experts from the Observatorio Vulcanologico y Sismologico de Costa Rica visited both Arenal and Turrialba this month and reported that any major eruption or even activity is unlikely. Read more »
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July 23, 2010 3:35 pm
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