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List of faults in Costa Rica

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The following is a partial list of faults in Costa Rica:

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  • Agua Caliente Fault, in the Central Valley.
  • Alajuela Fault, in the Central Valley.
  • Ángel-Varablanca Fault, in the Central Valley.
  • Atirro Fault, in Turrialba.
  • Buenavista Fault, in Pérez Zeledón.
  • Canoas Fault, in the Southern Zone.
  • Chiripa Fault, in the Northern Zone.
  • Escazú Fault, in the Central Valley.
  • Golfito Fault, in Golfito.
  • Guápiles Fault, in Caribbean Zone.
  • Jateo Fault, in the Central Valley.
  • Navarro Fault, in Turrialba.
  • San Miguel Fault, in the Central Valley.
  • Zarceró Fault, in the Northern Zone.

References

  1. ^ 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
  2. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-07-04. Retrieved 2010-01-19.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. ^ http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/1998/ofr-98-0481/ofr-98-0481so.pdf
  4. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-07-04. Retrieved 2010-01-19.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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