Volcano profile

Costa Rica

Arenal.

Volcano profile for Arenal 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
Stratovolcano
Elevation
1,670 m
Last documented eruption
2010
Explosivity (VEI)
VEI 4 highest recorded · latest VEI 3 · More about the VEI
Coordinates
10.463°, -84.703°
GVP number
345033

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No current eruption report

Costa Rica

Arenal

Stratovolcano

Elevation
1,670 m
Last documented eruption
2010
No current eruption report

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

Geography & tectonics
Coordinates
10.463°, -84.703°
Volcanic region (GVP)
Central America Volcanic Arc
Tectonic setting
Subduction zone / Continental crust (> 25 km)
GVP
345033
Documented eruptions · Nearby earthquakes ↓

Source: Smithsonian Global Volcanism Program

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Arenal · Costa Rica

Documented eruptions

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

StartEndVEIReport status
29 Jul 196816 Dec 20103Confirmed eruption
5 Oct 192223 Oct 19222Confirmed eruption
5 Feb 1915Not available2?Uncertain eruption
1750Uncertain datingNot available0?Confirmed eruption
1440Uncertain datingNot available2?Confirmed eruption
1400Uncertain datingNot available4Confirmed eruption
1030Uncertain datingNot available4Confirmed eruption
1020Uncertain datingNot available4Confirmed eruption
750Uncertain datingNot available4Confirmed eruption
700Uncertain datingNot available4Confirmed eruption
650Uncertain datingNot available4Confirmed eruption
550Uncertain datingNot available4Confirmed eruption
400Uncertain datingNot available4Confirmed eruption
170 BCEUncertain datingNot available4Confirmed eruption
270 BCEUncertain datingNot available4Confirmed eruption
380 BCEUncertain datingNot available4Confirmed eruption
830 BCEUncertain datingNot available0?Confirmed eruption
1250 BCEUncertain datingNot available4Confirmed eruption
1450 BCEUncertain datingNot available4Confirmed eruption
1650 BCEUncertain datingNot available4Confirmed eruption
1770 BCEUncertain datingNot available—Confirmed eruption
2250 BCEUncertain datingNot available4Confirmed eruption
2800 BCEUncertain datingNot available4Confirmed eruption
3190 BCEUncertain datingNot available—Confirmed eruption
3350 BCEUncertain datingNot available4Confirmed eruption
3900 BCEUncertain datingNot available4Confirmed eruption
4450 BCEUncertain datingNot available—Confirmed eruption
5060 BCEUncertain datingNot available4?Confirmed 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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Arenal · No current eruption report · 1,670 m

Radius · 100 km

Nearby infrastructure

Up to 3 nearest sites per category

Airports

  • La Fortuna Arenal AirportCosta Rica · FON · MRAN
    13.6 kmStraight-line distance
  • Juan Santamaría International AirportCosta Rica · SJO · MROC
    75.1 kmStraight-line distance
  • Tobías Bolaños International AirportCosta Rica · SYQ · MRPV
    83.4 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

QuesadaCosta Rica · 33.3 km

CanasCosta Rica · 43.4 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, 3:38 PM UTC