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Province
Alajuela
Costa Rica · North America
Alajuela is a province of Costa Rica, in North America. It spans the Panama and Caribbean plates. Records include 4 volcanoes, 3 major earthquakes since 1900 and 1 cyclone crossing it with hurricane-force winds.
Tectonic Plates
Hazard Levels
Hazard level assessed by ThinkHazard! (World Bank, GFDRR), meaning the likelihood of a damaging event, from very low to high.
- River FloodHigh
- Urban FloodHigh
- EarthquakeHigh
- LandslideHigh
- WildfireHigh
- VolcanoMedium
- CycloneMedium
- Extreme HeatMedium
- Water ScarcityLow
Volcanoes (4)
Major Earthquakes Since 1900
- 20092009 Costa Rica Earthquake · M 6.123 deaths
- 1973Tilaran, Arenal · M 6.526 deaths
- 1955Alajuela · M 5.810 deaths
Tropical Cyclones
- 2016Hurricane OttoCat. 3
Sources: Natural Earth · Smithsonian GVP · NOAA NCEI · IBTrACS · GEM · Bird (2003), PB2002