By Wendy Anders Just as residents of the San José metropolitan region were starting to get used to life without fresh ashfall, the Turrialba Volcano in Cartago rumbled back to life this morning at about 8:15, reported the National University's Volcanology and Seismology Research Institute (Ovsicori-UNA). Luckily this eruption, coming after about a two-week lull in ash emissions, is not as bi...

The first sign of a problem appeared in December 2014, when a fissure in the northern side of the Irazu, Volcano started to buckle the land where 84 telecommunication towers for television, radio and private communication are set. The cracks that continued to appear in 2015 were of around a meter and a half wide (5 feet) and 90 centimeters (35 inches)deep; now, new cracks atop of the volcano an...

The Irazu Volcano located in the province of Cartago experimented some changes after the heavy rains received in the past days’ product of a tropical storm and also hurricane Otto. The water filled up three lakes in the volcano and a small waterfall is dropping in the main crater, the last time this phenomenon happened was back in 2012. According to Costa Rican volcanologist Gino Gonzalez, the...

Arenal Volcano in Costa Rica, is one of those volcanos that you see in postcards and photos, the perfect shape cone is visible from many areas and the wonderful nature that surrounds it makes it one of the most popular National Parks in Costa Rica among both domestic and foreign tourists; this volcano is still considered active, but its currently dormant, a few years back glowing lava used to flow...

Did you know that Costa Rica has over 120 volcanic cones? Some are extinct, others inactive and 6 of them remain active. The most important volcano eruptions in Costa Rica are: 1953-1955 Poas Volcano, 1963-1965 Irazu Volcano, 1968 Arenal, 1966-1970 and during the 1990 Rincon de la Vieja and more recently the Turrialba Volcano. Costa Rica is divided by three different mountain ranges, the Cordi...

By Wendy Anders What might possibly be the largest of the recent Turrialba volcano eruptions started at 7:22 this morning, according to the National University's Volcanology and Seismology Observatory (Ovsicori-UNA). A photo on their site shows a cloud of ash reaching nearly 3,000m. The blast caused tremors that were felt by nearby residents. A Facebook follower in Alto de las Palomas, Es...

Areli Arevalo FacebookA powerful mid-afternoon eruption of the Turrialba volcano, currently the most active in Costa Rica, opened new vents in the crater, which suggests that a new caldera could form in the future. According to geologists from the Observatory of Volcanology and Seismology of Costa Rica (Spanish acronym: OVSICORI), the eruption took place at 3:42 pm on a cloudy Friday afternoon...

Wikimedia Commons One of the most popular Costa Rica volcanoes in terms of tourism is going through a renewed period of activity to the delight of visitors. A recent time-lapse video captured by a camera near the crater of the Poas was posted to the Facebook Timeline of the Observatory of Seismology and Volcanology of the National University of Costa Rica (Spanish acronym: OVSICORI). In the...

Poas Volcano crater in Costa Rica Earth scientists at the National Seismology Network (Spanish initials: RSN) and at the National Observatory on Seismology and Volcanology (Spanish acronym: OVSICORI) are being kept on their toes by the activity of two colossi in Costa Rica. Readers of The Costa Rica Star are likely to be familiar with the hyperactive state of the Turrialba volcano, located ...

Source: Ge PC Facebook LAS VEGAS, NV--(Marketwired - Jun 6, 2016) - Pure Hospitality Solutions, Inc., parent Company of the Central American-Caribbean Online Travel Agency (OTA) Oveedia, announced today, that in continuing support of Central American tourism, Oveedia, upon multiple requests, has begun developing and sponsoring travel websites and resource pages for Central American tours, hote...

Passengers of Delta flight 325, which departed from Atlanta, were eager to land at the Juan Santamaria International Airport (SJO) yesterday; alas, the most active volcano in Costa Rica forced the aircraftto land in Nicaragua instead. The ash column rising out of the Turrialba volcano, located in the Cartago province, has reached heights of 3,000 meters as the colossus releases geological energ...

The following alert was recently posted on the flight operations webpage of U.S. budget airline JetBlue: Due to volcanic ash in the San Jose, Costa Rica area, we will waive change/cancel fees and difference in airfare for customers traveling on Friday, May 20, 2016 through Saturday, May 21, 2016 to/from the following airports: -San Jose, Costa Rica (SJO) Affected customers may rebook their ...

Workers at the Miravalles geothermal plant in the province of Guanacaste, Costa Rica, March 14, 2016. TRF/Fabíola Ortiz By Fabiola Ortiz MEXICO CITY/SAN JOSE (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Mexico and Costa Rica aim to build on their position as Latin America's leading producers of geothermal power to help meet the challenges they face of curbing planet-warming emissions and making their ene...

Race map Costa Rica Race, a renowned trail running event organizer, has added a new, scenic challenge for lovers of cross-country outdoor adventures. The Epic Trail Race is an appropriately named course that features spectacular trails in Guanacaste, and it offers running challenges for various levels. The Epic Trail Race connects the city of Liberia with the Rincon de la Vieja (Old Woman's...

Source: OVSICORI Residents of the Turrialba canton in the province of Cartago woke up this morning to find a white steam column atop the summit of their eponymous volcano. According to an early morning press conference given by the Observatory of Volcanology and Seismology of Costa Rica (Spanish acronym: OVSICORI), seismic activity has been on the rise at the Turrialba Volcano since the early ...

Wikimedia Commons By Steve Carr — University of New Mexico Throughout the centuries, volcanic eruptions have claimed hundreds of thousands of lives due in part to the lack of accurate signs indicating imminent eruptions. One type of a volcanic eruption, a phreatic eruption, which involves external water, is particularly energetic causing a disproportionate number of fatalities. Phreatic eru...

Popocateptl in 2004. Wikimedia Commons Puebla, Mexico, Apr 18 (EFE).- Several eruptions of the Popocatepetl volcano left the city of Puebla covered with a white cloud at sunrise Monday, which led authorities to decree a yellow alert, which obliges residents to take preventive measures to protect food and drinking water. According to a report by the Cenapred disaster management agency, start...

Source: Marie Curie Marie Curie Press Release – 5 April 2016 - London - A driving instructor has swapping her car for her walking boots for a trek to support the Marie Curie Hospice that cared for her late husband. Helene Cook is one of 28 adventurers trekking through Costa Rica to raise more than £100,000 to support the work of the Marie Curie Hospice, Cardiff & the Vale, based in Pena...

Wikimedia Commons Liberia, Costa Rica -- (SBWIRE) -- 03/30/2016 -- When it comes to backpacking a foreign country, nearly every backpacker will agree that knowledge is power. Inside information about a destination can save time and energy, keep costs under control and greatly enhance the chances of staying safe. For backpackers planning a Costa Rica trip, good news is in the air. Costa Rica Ba...

Areli Arevalo Facebook On Saturday afternoon, geologists at the Observatory on Volcanology and Seismology at the National University of Costa Rica (Spanish acronym: OVSICORI) reported a new eruption at the Turrialba Volcano, the most active colossus in our country. The volcanic event took place about ten minutes before 2:00 pm during a warm, yet extremely windy, afternoon. The seismographic...

Source: RSN Officials from the National Committee on Emergencies (Spanish initials: CNE) are concerned about an increase in the number of tourists who are still trying to summit the crater of the Turrialba volcano, currently the most active in Costa Rica. In early November, the CNE announced that a number of measures will be taken to prevent this dangerous trend, particularly since in recen...

Chichigalpa, Nicaragua, Oct 28 (EFE).- A new attraction for fans of extreme tourism has been inaugurated at the foot of San Cristobal Volcano, Nicaragua's tallest, in the northwestern region of the Central American country. The site, with its inn, dining hall, visitors center, tourist service facility and trails for climbing the 1,745-meter (5,721-foot) high volcano, was constructed with a budg...

PRFree.Org (Press Release) Sep 28, 2015 -- Global Concepts, a travel agency based in San Antonio, Texas, plans to offer all-inclusive travel packages to its customers for a week stay at the Ecoplaya Beach Resort in Costa Rica. The resort is situated in Salinas Bay, La Coyotera Beach, which is located in Guanacaste province in Costa Rica. This area is located near two national parks, as well as in ...

At noontime on Saturday, three tourists from the United States were struck by lighting during a powerful thunderstorm that continued until mid-afternoon. As of Saturday evening, two of the struck U.S. tourists were listed as being in delicate condition at the hospital. According to a news report filed by Shirley Vasquez of national newspaper La Nacion, the three victims in this meteorological i...

Night vision imaging of a previous Turrialba eruption Earth scientists from the Observatory on Volcanology and Seismology of Costa Rica (Spanish acronym: OVSICORI) reported a new eruption at the Turrialba volcano, located in the province of Cartago. The geologic event was detected at 1:46 am on Saturday, and it took place after a period of relative calm for this colossus, which had been very a...

The Observatory on Seismology and Volcanology of Costa Rica (Spanish acronym: OVSICORI) of the National University is monitoring a new earthquake cluster in the province of Cartago, not far from the Irazu volcano. According to an update by the OVSICORI geologists, more than 400 seismic disturbances ranging between one and three degrees on the moment magnitude scale have been detected over the last...

Wikimedia Commons Guadalajara, Mexico, Jul 11 (EFE).- Residents of the Mexican hamlet of La Yerbabuena were evacuated after an explosion was registered inside the Colima Volcano, emergency management officials told EFE. The inhabitants of that small community on the side of the volcano, which straddles the western states of Colima and Jalisco, were taken to La Becerrera, a town three kilome...

Pink iguana postal stamp from Ecuador. Wikimedia Commons Quito, May 25 (EFE).- The Wolf volcano is erupting on Isabela Island in the Galapagos Islands, home to the world's only population of pink land iguanas, the management of Galapagos National Park said Monday. A park official told Efe that, for now, neither the pink nor yellow iguanas nor the giant tortoises will be harmed by the erupti...

Source: OVSICORI Since the early morning hours of May 18th, the Turrialba volcano in the province of Cartago has been in a constant state of exhalation. Geologists from the Observatory on Volcanology and Seismology of Costa Rica (OVSICORI) have detected sustained seismicity at this colossus, and many of the resulting eruptions have been broadcast and recorded with a digital camera pointed righ...

Managua, May 12 (EFE).- Nicaragua hopes to lure European tourists with tours of active and inactive volcanoes, nature preserves, pristine forests, archaeological sites and colonial cities, as well as the chance to see wild birds or whales. Sustainable tourism, deemed the best fit for a country with unexplored regions and the lowest crime rate in Central America, has given Nicaraguan officials a...

Source: OVSICORI Geologists from the Observatory on Volcanology and Seismology of Costa Rica (OVSICORI) are closely monitoring their seismographs and other instruments located around the Turrialba volcano, located in the province of Cartago, after a series of tremors were registered during lunchtime on Monday, May 11th. At this time, the OVSICORI scientists are unable to monitor the cameras...

The Turrialba on May 5. OVSICORI On a clear Sunday morning in Costa Rica, the Turrialba volcano clouded the skies surrounding its crater with an ash and smoke eruption that started at 04:55 am and lasted until 05:45. Strong winds wafting around the surface crater did not allow the dark ash column to rise more than 200 meters in the air; however, the direction of the airstream transported volca...

Source: OVSICORI Civil aviation and airport officials in Costa Rica decided to suspend flight operations at the Juan Santamaria International Airport (SJO), located in the province of Alajuela, after a powerful afternoon eruption at the Turrialba volcano, located in the province of Cartago. Geologists from the National University's Observatory on Volcanology and Seismology of Costa Rica (Sp...

Source: RSN At about 6:00 am on the Monday after the May Day holiday weekend, an eruption at the Turrialba volcano was detected by scientists from the Observatory on Volcanology and Seismology of Costa Rica (Spanish acronym: OVSICORI). This latest geologic event is being described as a strong exhalation of gas, vapor and volcanic ash. According to a news report filed by Joselyne Ugarte of o...

"Calbuco 22-4-15" by Aeveraal - Own work. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons Santiago, Apr 30 (EFE).- Chile's Calbuco volcano on Thursday began erupting for the third time after two eruptions last week, the National Geology and Mining Service reported. The cloud of ash emanating from the volcano, located in the southern Los Lagos region, initially rose to three kilometers (1....

"Calbuco 22-4-15" by Aeveraal - Own work. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons Santiago, Apr 24 (EFE).- A total of 6,400 people have been forced to leave their homes because of the activity of Chile's Calbuco volcano, which erupted two days ago for the first time in 42 years. Authorities ordered the immediate evacuation Friday afternoon of 2,000 people from three towns in the L...

Turrialba at dawn, Source: OVSICORI Despite incandescent volcanic matter being ejected from the crater of the Turrialba volcano in Costa Rica, the Juan Santamaria International Airport (SJO), located in the Alajuela province, resumed operations during the early hours of Friday. Officials from the Directorate of Civil Aviation and from Aeris, the management firm in charge of SJO, had shut down ...

In light of the recent eruptions and increased activity at the Turrialba volcano in the province of Cartago, the British Embassy in Costa Rica has updated its advice to travelers. The Costa Rica Star has been closely following the announcements by our country's geologists and emergency officials with regard to this active colossus, which has been compared to a “pressure cooker.” The following u...

Source: OVSICORI PRLog - April 2, 2015 - SAN JOSE, Costa Rica – A few weeks ago, specifically during the 12 and 13 March 2015 weekend, the Turrialba Volcano in Costa Rica showed significant activity, putting on alert not only the people in surrounding towns but even people in cities as far as Heredia and San José due to high concentration of volcanic ashes flowing far and wide. What worries pe...

Source: ITV The first season of the successful reality television series Bear Grylls: Mission Survive will return for a second season, but it is not yet clear whether it will be filmed in Costa Rica again. As previously reported by The Costa Rica Star, the first season of Mission Survive was filmed in and around the cloud forests near the Arenal Volcano, and the series was arranged as a wil...