Desde 1539 hasta el presente han habido 49 tsunamis en América Central, 37 en el Pacífico y 12 en el Caribe; 10 de ellos tienen reportes de daños, siete en el Pacífico y tres en el Caribe. Estos tsunamis han cobrado cerca ...

This article summarizes the results of an investigation into disaster risk in the canton (county) of Santo Domingo de Heredia, Costa Rica. This canton is exposed to several natural hazards as well as technological risks. ...

We have determined the location and focal mechanism for the 1924 Orotina earthquake using two different relocation algorithms developed for the analysis of historic earthquakes and forward waveform modeling of teleseismic ...

This paper reports results from a survey of landslide potential in the canton (county) of Santo Domingo de Heredia, Costa Rica. This canton, like much of Central America, is located in a tropical region with abrupt topography ...

Pacific and Atlantic sides of Costa Rica there are coastal segments characterised by a flat relief, which increases the vulnerability of the coastal communities. In addition to tsunamis originating in the Middle American ...

La minería de oro a cielo abierto es una actividad de alto impacto social y ambiental. La Universidad de Costa Rica (UCR), mediante su Consejo Universitario, solicitó mantener la “moratoria” a esta actividad, es decir ...

El propósito de este taller es contribuir a promover una reflexión sobre las finalidades de la enseñanza en los contextos actuales del conocimiento, así como analizar los nuevos paradigmas emergentes frente a las formas ...

A seismic hazard map for the Metropolitan Area of San Jose has been elaborated, based on local tectonic and seismic information. The area for the hazard computation covers an area of 20 x 15 km2 and includes the zone where ...

Este estudio provee ubicaciones de temblores en un esfuerzo por determinar orientaciones de fallas e investigar la existencia de un límite tectónico transcurrente en la costa Caribe de Costa Rica. Un conjunto de 121 temblores ...

Santo Domingo de Heredia, Costa Rica, is a county facing serious risks from natural hazards, specifically flooding, earthquakes, volcanic activity and landslides. In order to inform disaster risk reduction efforts and ...