Browsing Observatorio Vulcanológico y Sismológico de Costa Rica by Subject "SISMOLOGY"
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Analysis of seismic and acoustic observations at Arenal Volcano, Costa Rica, 1995–1997
(Elsevier Science, 2000-08)In November 1995, we installed five, three-component broadband seismometers and electronic tiltmeters around the circumference of Arenal Volcano, a young stratovolcano in Costa Rica that exhibits strombolian activity. With ... -
Constraints on inner forearc deformation from balanced cross sections, Fila Costen˜ a thrust belt, Costa Rica
(American Geophysical Union, 2007-12-21)The Fila Costeña thrust belt in the forearc of Costa Rica is accommodating a significant portion of the convergence of the Cocos plate and Panama microplate. Geologic mapping of the thrust belt depicts a duplex with three ... -
Constraints on upper mantle anisotropy surrounding the Cocos slab from SK(K)S splitting
(American Geophysical Union, 2010-06-24)SKS and SKKS splitting observations are used to constrain the pattern of mantle flow in the Central American subduction zone beneath Costa Rica and Nicaragua. After removing the effects of shallow wedge anisotropy on ... -
Crustal Velocity Anomalies in Costa Rica from Ambient Noise Tomography
(Springer Nature, 2019-08-24)We derive group velocity maps for crustal Rayleigh waves across Costa Rica and corresponding 3-D shear-wave velocity structure from ambient noise cross-correlations between 56 seismic broadband stations. The daily inter-station ... -
Duration-amplitude distribution of volcanic tremor
(American Geophysical Union, 2003)The duration-amplitude distribution of volcanic tremor was examined in eight volcanoes and one geothermal area. An exponential model, implying a scale-bound source process, is found to be a better fit to the data than a ... -
Estimating tsunami potential of earthquakes in the Sumatra-Andaman region based on broadband seismograms in India
(Universidad Nacional, Costa Rica., 2012)In this paper, we report that the ratio of broadband energy (0.01–2 Hz) to highfrequency energy (0.3–2 Hz), Er, estimated from regional seismograms of India, might be a useful parameter in estimating tsunami potential of ... -
Middle to Late Miocene Contractional Deformation in Costa Rica Triggered by Plate Geodynamics
(AGU Publications, 2017-12-11)Contractional deformation in Costa Rica is usually attributed to the subduction of the aseismic Cocos Ridge. In this work, we review the evidences for contraction in the middle to late Miocene, prior to the arrival of the ... -
Repeating earthquakes record fault weakening and healing in areas of megathrust postseismic slip
(American Association for the Advancement of Sciences (AAAS), 2020)Repeating earthquakes (REs) rupture the same fault patches at different times allowing temporal variations in the mechanical behavior of specific areas of the fault to be interrogated over the earthquake cycle. We study ... -
El sismo del Cerro de la Muerte, Pérez Zeledón, Ml=5,4, del 21 de octubre de 2023
(Universidad Nacional, Costa Rica, 2023)Un sismo con magnitud 5,4 Ml ocurrió el 21 de octubre de 2023 a las 4:45 am hora local de Costa Rica, cuyo epicentro se ubicó a 1.1 km hacia el Sur de Buena Vista de Rivas en Pérez Zeledón, con una profundidad de 16 ... -
The 27 February 2022 Lop Nor earthquake: detectability, location, and discrimination
(Seismological Society of America (SSA), 2022)A seismic event with mb 4.8 (Mw 4.2) was detected close to the Chinese Lop Nor nuclear test site on 27 February 2022. Waveforms recorded at regional and far regional distances in central Asia indicate greater likeness with ... -
Yield estimate (230 kt) for a Mueller-Murphy model of the 3 september 2017, North Korean nuclear test (mbNEIC = 6.3) from teleseismic broadband P waves assuming extensive near-source damage
(AGU Advancing Earth and Space Sciences, 2018)The 3 September 2017 underground nuclear test (mbNEIC= 6.3) is the largest of six announced North Korean explosions. The event generated many P wave seismograms at global broadband seismic stations with good signal-to-noise ... -
Yield estimates for the six North Korean nuclear tests from teleseismic P wave modeling and intercorrelation of P and Pn recordings
(AGU Advancing Earth and Space Sciences, 2019)The yields of the six declared underground nuclear tests at the North Korean test site are estimated using high-frequency teleseismic P wave amplitude modeling and waveform equalization of short-period teleseismic P waves ...