seismic activity

Costa Rica, June 2025 – Costa Rica may be known for its “Pura Vida” lifestyle, but in 2024 it also earned a spot among the world’s top 30 most earthquake-active…

On Saturday, October 12th, Costa Rica experienced a significant seismic event that rattled homes and nerves across the country, particularly in the province of Guanacaste. At 11:43 a.m., a powerful…

The VI National Earthquake Evacuation Drill is scheduled for today and it’s coordinated by none other than the National Emergency Commission.

The United States Geological Survey (USGS) reported that an earthquake of magnitude 5.7 struck the Panama-Costa Rica border region on Monday.

This geological disturbance, centered at a relatively shallow depth of 10 kilometers (approximately 6.21 miles), has prompted swift responses from regional emergency services.

For the first time, scientists in Costa Rica have documented a phenomenon known as dynamic triggering, where earthquakes communicate across vast distances.

Current observations suggest that we are not on the brink of a repeat of the 2017 scenario, which saw the volcano closed off during Easter.

Quepos, Costa Rica’s serene paradise, experienced an unexpected jolt when a 4.0 magnitude earthquake hit the Central Pacific region.