2 quakes Mag. 1+

2 quakes Mag. 2+

Number of quakes vs long-term average, past 7 days

Latest quakes near Poas volcano since 2024 - list, stats and map

Updated: Apr 20, 2024 06:20 GMT - refresh

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There were 2 quakes of magnitude 3.0+ near Poas volcano in the past 7 days.

Since 2024, Poas volcano has had 29 quakes of magnitudes above 2 and up to 3.9:

17 quakes above magnitude 3
12 quakes between magnitude 2 and 3

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Showing all recent or significant quakes since 2024, magnitude 0 or higher, within up to 30 km (19 mi) distance (29 quakes):

Latest quakes near Poas volcano since 2024 - list, stats and map
Date and Time	Mag Depth	Distance	Location	Details
Apr 19, 05:42 am (Costa Rica)	3.5 79 km	12 km (7.7 mi) to the S	Alajuela, 24 km northwest of San Jose, San Jose, Costa Rica I FELT IT	Info
Wednesday, April 17, 2024 GMT (1 quake)
Apr 16, 06:46 pm (Costa Rica)	3.8 92 km	10.5 km (6.5 mi) to the E	Heredia, 32 km north of San Jose, San Jose, Costa Rica I FELT IT - 1 report	Info
Thursday, April 11, 2024 GMT (1 quake)
Apr 11, 06:02 am (Costa Rica)	3.1 80 km	6.5 km (4.1 mi) to the S	Costa Rica: 8 km al Norte de San Pedro, Poas.	Info
Wednesday, April 10, 2024 GMT (1 quake)
Apr 10, 11:53 am (Costa Rica)	3.1 6 km	21 km (13 mi) to the SW	Costa Rica: 3 km al Sur de Sarchi Sur.	Info
Wednesday, March 20, 2024 GMT (1 quake)
Mar 20, 02:45 am (Costa Rica)	2.6 12 km	12 km (7.5 mi) to the E	Costa Rica: 4 km al Este de Varablanca, Heredia.	Info
Friday, March 15, 2024 GMT (1 quake)
Mar 15, 01:35 am (Costa Rica)	3.3 89 km	17 km (10.5 mi) to the NW	Costa Rica: 8 Km Al Sur De Aguas Zarcas, San Carlos.	Info
Thursday, March 14, 2024 GMT (1 quake)
Mar 14, 01:37 am (Costa Rica)	2.5 5 km	24 km (15 mi) to the W	34 Km Al Oeste De Vara Blanca, Costa Rica	Info
Tuesday, March 12, 2024 GMT (1 quake)
Mar 11, 11:16 pm (Costa Rica)	3.0 5 km	21 km (13 mi) to the NW	Costa Rica: 5 Km Al Sur De Ciudad Quesada.	Info
Monday, March 11, 2024 GMT (1 quake)
Mar 11, 03:19 am (Costa Rica)	2.9 78 km	6.7 km (4.2 mi) to the E	Costa Rica: 3 Km Al Norte De Varablanca, Heredia.	Info
Friday, March 8, 2024 GMT (1 quake)
Mar 8, 10:25 am (Costa Rica)	2.7 4 km	28 km (18 mi) to the S	Costa Rica: 2 Km Al Noroeste De Piedades De Santa Ana.	Info
Wednesday, February 28, 2024 GMT (1 quake)
Feb 28, 12:20 pm (Costa Rica)	2.7 3 km	10.5 km (6.5 mi) to the NE	Costa Rica: 8 Km Al Norte De Varablanca, Heredia.	Info

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Estimated combined seismic energy released: 1.7 x 10¹¹ joules (46 megawatt hours, equivalent to 39.6 tons of TNT) | about seismic energy

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The apparent increase in the number of quakes is not because global seismic activity has increased, but because the number of seismic networks around the world and their sensitivity to detect smaller quakes has been constantly increasing.
This is most evident if one looks at the number of smaller earthquakes (below magnitude 5). For larger quakes (magnitude 5 or more), the effect disappears after around the 1990s. Since then, the global coverage of earthquake of larger quakes has been nearly complete.

Average number of earthquakes

Based on data from the past 14 years and our earthquake archive back to 1900, there are about 90 quakes on average per year near Poas volcano:

Mag. 6 or higher: 0.02 quakes per year (or 1 quake every 62.5 years)
Mag. 5 or higher: 0.3 quakes per year (or 1 quake every 3.4 years)
Mag. 4 or higher: 4.1 quakes per year
Mag. 3 or higher: 54 quakes per year (or 4.5 quakes per month)
Mag. 2 or higher: 87 quakes per year (or 7.3 quakes per month)

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Poas volcano (Costa Rica) - Smithsonian / USGS Weekly Volcanic Activity Report for 10 April-16 April 2024 (New Activity / Unrest)

OVSICORI-UNA reported continuing emissions and eruptive activity at Poás during 10-16 April. Vents on the nearly dry crater floor emitted plumes of gas and steam on 10 April and the number of phreatic events began to increase. Starting at around 0600 on 11 April ash was present in emissions rising from Boca C. ... Read all

Wed, 10 Apr 2024, 14:00

Poas volcano (Costa Rica) - Smithsonian / USGS Weekly Volcanic Activity Report for 3 April-9 April 2024 (New Activity / Unrest)

OVSICORI-UNA reported continuing emissions at Poás during 3-9 April. Vents on the nearly dry crater floor vigorously emitted plumes of gas and steam; ash was present in the plumes during 3-5 April and absent on the rest of the days. The plumes rose a few hundred meters above the crater rim and mainly drifted W, SW, and S and were often detected downwind in residential areas of Heredia and El Valle Central. ... Read all