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. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-07-04. Retrieved 2010-01-19.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. ^ a b http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/1998/ofr-98-0481/ofr-98-0481so.pdf [bare URL PDF]
  4. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-07-04. Retrieved 2010-01-19.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)