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Province
Guanacaste
Costa Rica · North America
Guanacaste is a province of Costa Rica, in North America. It spans the Panama and Caribbean plates. Records include 3 volcanoes, 2 major earthquakes since 1900 and 2 tsunamis observed on its coasts.
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
- Coastal FloodHigh
- EarthquakeHigh
- LandslideHigh
- TsunamiHigh
- WildfireHigh
- VolcanoMedium
- CycloneMedium
- Extreme HeatMedium
- Water ScarcityLow
Volcanoes (3)
Major Earthquakes Since 1900
- 20122012 Costa Rica Earthquake · M 7.62 deaths
- 1900Guanacaste · M 7.5
Tsunamis Observed on Its Coasts
- 1992Nicaragua · 9.9 m170 deaths
- 1950Costa Rica-Nicaragua, Nicaragua · 2.0 m
Sources: Natural Earth · Smithsonian GVP · NOAA NCEI · IBTrACS · GEM · Bird (2003), PB2002