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List of faults in Costa Rica
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September 15, 2025
The following is a partial list of faults in
Costa Rica
:
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adding to it
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(
February 2015
)
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
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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
↑
"El terremoto de cinchona del jueves 8 de enero de 2009"
[
The Cinchona earthquake of Thursday, January 8, 2009
]
(PDF)
(in Spanish). Archived from
the original
(PDF)
on 2010-07-04
. Retrieved
2010-01-19
.
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"Map of Quaternary Faults and Folds of Costa Rica"
(PDF)
. Archived from
the original
(PDF)
on 2003-03-31.
↑
"El terremoto de cinchona del jueves 8 de enero de 2009"
[
The Cinchona earthquake of Thursday, January 8, 2009
]
(PDF)
(in Spanish). Archived from
the original
(PDF)
on 2010-07-04
. Retrieved
2010-01-19
.
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t
e
Tectonic plates
of Central America (
Pacific plate
–
North American plate
–
Caribbean plate
c
onvergence zone)
Large
Cocos plate
Nazca plate
Small
Rivera plate
Faults
and
rift zones
Atl Fault
Atoyac Fault
Ballenas Fault
Carmen Fault
Cerro Prieto Fault
Chapala Tula Fault Zone
Donaji Fault
Guaymas Fault
Gulf of California Rift Zone
Farallon Fault
Imperial Fault Zone
Oaxaca Fault
Pedro Miguel Fault
Pescadero Fault
Rivera Transform Fault
Polochic Fault
–
Motagua Fault
San Lorenzo Fault
Tamayo Fault
Trenches
and
troughs
Alarcon Basin
Carmen Basin
Consag Basin
Delfin Basin
Guaymas Basin
Middle America Trench
(Acapulco/Guatemala)
San Pedro Mártir Basin
Tehuantepec Ridge
Wagner Basin
Other
Rivera triple junction
List of faults in Costa Rica
List of seismic faults in Mexico
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