Volcano profile

Costa Rica

Rincon de la Vieja.

Volcano profile for Rincon de la Vieja in Costa Rica, including its current status, catalog data, nearby earthquakes and live map layers.

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Current status
No current eruption report
Volcano type
Volcanic complex
Elevation
1,729 m
Last documented eruption
2024
Explosivity (VEI)
VEI 4 highest recorded · latest VEI 2 · More about the VEI
Coordinates
10.8314°, -85.3364°
GVP number
345020

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Costa Rica

Rincon de la Vieja

Volcanic complex

Elevation
1,729 m
Last documented eruption
2024
No current eruption report

No current report does not mean extinct or safe. Source coverage varies between volcanoes.

Geography & tectonics
Coordinates
10.8314°, -85.3364°
Volcanic region (GVP)
Central America Volcanic Arc
Tectonic setting
Subduction zone / Continental crust (> 25 km)
GVP
345020
Documented eruptions · Nearby earthquakes ↓

Source: Smithsonian Global Volcanism Program

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Rincon de la Vieja · Costa Rica

Documented eruptions

All catalogued eruptions, newest first. Historical records are incomplete; missing values are unknown. VEI describes eruption explosivity.

StartEndVEIReport status
28 Jun 202122 Oct 20242Confirmed eruption
30 Jan 202013 Dec 20202Confirmed eruption
28 Jul 201811 Jun 20191Confirmed eruption
23 May 201715 Mar 20181Confirmed eruption
16 Jun 20151 May 20161Confirmed eruption
17 Sep 201424 Oct 20141Confirmed eruption
17 Oct 201217 Oct 20121Confirmed eruption
19 Feb 201214 Apr 20121Confirmed eruption
22 Aug 201127 Sep 20111Confirmed eruption
15 Feb 199816 Sep 19982Confirmed eruption
6 Nov 199513 Nov 19952Confirmed eruption
7 May 199116 Sep 19922Confirmed eruption
1 Apr 19871 Apr 19871Confirmed eruption
31 Dec 198631 Dec 19861Confirmed eruption
16 Sep 198516 Apr 19861Confirmed eruption
31 Mar 198416 Apr 19842Confirmed eruption
6 Feb 198321 Feb 19831Confirmed eruption
14 Aug 197015 Aug 19701Confirmed eruption
20 Sep 196916 Oct 19692Confirmed eruption
22 Apr 196916 May 19692Confirmed eruption
6 Nov 196616 Dec 19673Confirmed eruption
11 Apr 19224 Jun 19222?Confirmed eruption
2 Jul 1917Not available—Uncertain eruption
14 Jun 1912Not available3Confirmed eruption
22 Jun 1902Not available2?Uncertain eruption
2 Jul 185416 Aug 18632Confirmed eruption
2 Jul 1853Not available2Confirmed eruption
2 Jul 1851Not available—Uncertain eruption
2 Jul 1849Not available2Confirmed eruption
16 May 1844Not available2Confirmed eruption
1765Not available2?Confirmed eruption
1529Not available—Uncertain eruption
430Uncertain datingNot available—Confirmed eruption
1820 BCEUncertain datingNot available4Confirmed eruption

Source: Smithsonian GVP · Dataset date: 2026-11-13

Nearby earthquakes

Last 7 days · 100 km · up to 10 events. Proximity does not establish a volcanic cause.

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Volcano at a glance

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Rincon de la Vieja · No current eruption report · 1,729 m

Radius · 100 km

Nearby infrastructure

Up to 3 nearest sites per category

Airports

  • Daniel Oduber Quirós International AirportCosta Rica · LIR · MRLB
    34.9 kmStraight-line distance
  • Omtepe AirportNicaragua · MNOM
    86.7 kmStraight-line distance
  • La Fortuna Arenal AirportCosta Rica · FON · MRAN
    92.0 kmStraight-line distance

Source: OurAirports · Dataset date: 2026-11-13

This selection shows geographic proximity, not a hazard zone or confirmed impacts. Distances use recorded site coordinates. Sources & data dates

Nearby places

LiberiaCosta Rica · 24.5 km

San JoséCosta Rica · 25.7 km

Source: GeoNames · Radius: 50 km · Straight-line distance

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Sources & data dates

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VAAC / NOAA NWS

Satellite layers · Last successful retrieval: Nov 13, 2026, 1:23 PM UTC