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Poas volcano, Costa Rica: news & activity updates

Updated: Mar 28, 2024 20:59 GMT-
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Poas volcano Volcanic Ash Advisory: VA NOT DETECTED

Fri, 30 Jun 2017, 05:45

Poas volcano Volcanic Ash Advisory: EMS AT 29/1715Z

Thu, 29 Jun 2017, 17:30
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Poas volcano
Stratovolcano 2708 m (8,884 ft)
Costa Rica, 10.2°N / -84.23°W
Current status: restless (2 out of 5) Poas volcano eruptions:
1828, 1834, 1838(?), 1860, 1879(?), 1880, 1888-91, 1895, 1898-1907, 1910, 1910, 1914, 1914-15, 1925, 1929, 1941-46, 1948-51, 1952-57, 1958-61, 1963, 1964-65, 1967, 1969, 1970, 1972-73, 1974-75, 1976, 1977, 1977-78, 1978, 1979-80, 1980, 1981, 1987-90, 1991, 1992, 1992-93, 1994, 1996, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2016, 2017
Typical eruption style
Phreatic eruptions, sometimes geyser-like ejections of water from the acid crater lake.