Análisis de la actividad sísmica en Costa Rica durante el 2010 y resumen de los eventos sísmicos más importantes presentados en Costa Rica de 1983 - 2012
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2014-01
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Segura Torres, Juan
Quintero, Ronnie
Burgoa Rosso, Billy
Jiménez Urrutia, Walter
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Universidad de Costa Rica
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El objetivo de este trabajo es analizar la actividad sísmica registrada por la red sismográfica del OVSICORI-UNA en el año 2010; además de recopilar información de los sismos más importantes sentidos por la población del país desde 1984. Para la localización de los sismos se usaron los arrivos de las ondas de P y S: así como los primeros impulsos y las formas de onda para analizar características de la fuente sísmica. A causa del proceso de subducción de la Placa del Coco por debajo de la placa Caribe, se produjeron dos sismos de magnitudes 6.2 y 6.1 Ml al suroeste de Puerto Quepos y otro de 5.3 Ml en la entrada del Golfo de Nicoya; éstos no generaron daños pero fueron sentidos fuerte por la población. Se localizaron dos enjambres sísmicos corticales; uno en las vecindades del Volcán Irazú, con magnitud máxima de 3.2 Ml y el segundo, en agosto de 2010 en Ujarrás y Durika de Buenos Aires, Puntarenas, con magnitudes entre 2.9 y 4.0 Ml. Otra zona que estuvo activa sísmicamente fue el punto de junción entre las placas de Nazca, Coco y Bloque de Panamá; en las afueras de Punta Burica. En total 107 sismos fueron sentidos por la población y más de 4000 sismos fueron registrados por la red sísmica de OVSICORI-UNA a lo largo del 2010. Los datos sísmicos históricos muestran que la magnitud máxima alcanzada ha sido de Mw 7.6 e intensidades de IX grados en la escala Mercalli Modificada.
The goal of this work is to analyze the seismic activity recorded by the OVSICORI-UNA seismic network in 2010; we also gathered information of the main events felt since 1984. The earthquake location is made using P- and S- arrivals, and source parameters are characterized using polarities and waveforms. The subduction process of the Cocos tectonic plate beneath the Caribbean one caused two important earthquakes of magnitudes 6.2 and 6.1 Ml in the southwest of Puerto Quepos, and another one of magnitude 5.3 Ml at the entrance of the Nicoya Gulf. None of earthquakes caused any damage but were felt strongly by the population. In addition, two seismic swarms occurred in 2010. The first one struck the vicinity of the Irazu Volcano in the month of July, with a maximum magnitude of 3.2 Ml. The second one hit Ujarras and Durika of Buenos Aires in the province of Puntarenas with magnitudes between 2.9 to 4.0 Ml. The triple junction zone among the Nazca, Cocos plate and the Panama block was also a scene of important seismic activity during 2010. In general, the Costa Rican population felt approximately 107 earthquakes while 4000 earthquakes were recorded by the OVSICORI-UNA’s seismic network during 2010. The historical records show that the strongest earthquake in Costa Rica reached a magnitude of Mw 7.6 and intensity of IX in the Mercalli Modified Scale.
The goal of this work is to analyze the seismic activity recorded by the OVSICORI-UNA seismic network in 2010; we also gathered information of the main events felt since 1984. The earthquake location is made using P- and S- arrivals, and source parameters are characterized using polarities and waveforms. The subduction process of the Cocos tectonic plate beneath the Caribbean one caused two important earthquakes of magnitudes 6.2 and 6.1 Ml in the southwest of Puerto Quepos, and another one of magnitude 5.3 Ml at the entrance of the Nicoya Gulf. None of earthquakes caused any damage but were felt strongly by the population. In addition, two seismic swarms occurred in 2010. The first one struck the vicinity of the Irazu Volcano in the month of July, with a maximum magnitude of 3.2 Ml. The second one hit Ujarras and Durika of Buenos Aires in the province of Puntarenas with magnitudes between 2.9 to 4.0 Ml. The triple junction zone among the Nazca, Cocos plate and the Panama block was also a scene of important seismic activity during 2010. In general, the Costa Rican population felt approximately 107 earthquakes while 4000 earthquakes were recorded by the OVSICORI-UNA’s seismic network during 2010. The historical records show that the strongest earthquake in Costa Rica reached a magnitude of Mw 7.6 and intensity of IX in the Mercalli Modified Scale.
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SISMOLOGÍA, SEISMOLOGY, HISTORIA, HISTORY, TECTÓNICA GLOBAL, GLOBAL TECTONICS, TERREMOTOS, EARTHQUAKES