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Rincón de la Vieja Volcano

Rincon de la Vieja

Type
Complex volcano
Elevation
1729m
Last eruption
2024
Rincón de la Vieja Volcano
Photo: cyph3r [2] · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Type
Complex volcano
Country
Costa Rica
Region
Middle America & Caribbean / Central America Volcanic Arc
Elevation
1729m
Coordinates
10.831, -85.336
Last eruption
2024
Tectonic setting
Subduction zone / Continental crust (> 25 km)
Landform
Composite
Major rock type
Andesite / Basaltic andesite

Geological summary

Rincón de la Vieja is a volcanic complex in the Guanacaste Range of NW Costa Rica.

Excerpt from the Global Volcanism Program, Smithsonian Institution · Read the full summary on GVP →

From Wikipedia

Rincón de la Vieja is an active andesitic complex volcano in north-western Costa Rica, about 23 km (14 mi) from Liberia, in the province of Guanacaste.

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Eruption history

34 recordedGlossary

Record summary

Confirmed eruptions
30
Uncertain eruptions
4
Span of confirmed record
1820 BCE (±150 yrs) – 2024
Largest confirmed eruption
VEI 4 (1820 BCE)
Confirmed eruptions since 1900
23
Summary (VEI over time)
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1820 BCE~1628 BCE · 1 eruptions · max VEI 4293~485 · 1 eruptions · max VEI ?1445~1637 · 1 eruptions · max VEI ?1637~1829 · 1 eruptions · max VEI 21829~2021 · 30 eruptions · max VEI 31820 BCE860 BCE1018691829

Detailed timeline

  1. 2021VEI 2Observed
    2021-06-28 – 2024-10-22
  2. 2020VEI 2Observed
    2020-01-30 – 2020-12-13
  3. 2018VEI 1Observed
    2018-07-28 – 2019-06-11
    Crater lake
  4. 2017VEI 1Observed
    2017-05-23 – 2018-03-15
    Crater lake
  5. 2015VEI 1Observed
    2015-06-16 – 2016-05-01
    Crater lake
  6. 2014VEI 1Observed
    2014-09-17 – 2014-10-24
    Crater lake
  7. 2012VEI 1Observed
    2012-10-17 – 2012-10-17
    Crater lake
  8. 2012VEI 1Observed
    2012-02-19 – 2012-04-14
    Crater lake
  9. 2011VEI 1Observed
    2011-08-22 – 2011-09-27
    Crater lake
  10. 1998VEI 2Observed
    1998-02-15 – 1998-09-16
  11. 1995VEI 2Observed
    1995-11-06 – 1995-11-13
  12. 1991VEI 2Observed
    1991-05-07 – 1992-09-16
  13. 1987VEI 1Observed
    1987-04-01 – 1987-04-01
  14. 1986VEI 1Observed
    1986-12-31 – 1986-12-31
  15. 1985VEI 1Observed
    1985-09-16 – 1986-04-16
  16. 1984VEI 2Observed
    1984-03-31 – 1984-04-16
  17. 1983VEI 1Observed
    1983-02-06 – 1983-02-21
  18. 1970VEI 1Observed
    1970-08-14 – 1970-08-15
  19. 1969VEI 2Observed
    1969-09-20 – 1969-10-16
  20. 1969VEI 2Observed
    1969-04-22 – 1969-05-16
  21. 1966VEI 3Observed
    1966-11-06 – 1967-12-16
  22. 1922VEI 2Observed
    1922-04-11 – 1922-06-04
  23. 1917VEI ?Method not stated
    1917-07-02 – end unknown
  24. 1912VEI 3Observed
    1912-06-14 – end unknown
  25. 1902VEI 2Method not stated
    1902-06-22 – end unknown
  26. 1854VEI 2Observed
    1854-07-02 – 1863-08-16
  27. 1853VEI 2Observed
    1853-07-02 – end unknown
  28. 1851VEI ?Method not stated
    1851-07-02 – end unknown
  29. 1849VEI 2Method not stated
    1849-07-02 – end unknown
    Volcano Uncertain: more likely Rincón de la Vieja than Orosí
  30. 1844VEI 2Method not stated
    1844-05-16 – end unknown
    Volcano Uncertain: more likely Rincón de la Vieja than Orosí
  31. 1765VEI 2Observed
    1765 – end unknown
  32. 1529VEI ?Method not stated
    1529 – end unknown
  33. 430 (±100 yrs)VEI ?Geological estimate
    430 – end unknown
  34. 1820 BCE (±150 yrs)VEI 4Geological estimate
    1820 BCE – end unknown

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