Volcano profile

Costa Rica

Turrialba.

Volcano profile for Turrialba 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
3,340 m
Last documented eruption
2022
Coordinates
10.025°, -83.767°
GVP number
345070

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Costa Rica

Turrialba

Stratovolcano

Elevation
3,340 m
Last documented eruption
2022
No current eruption report

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Geography & tectonics
Coordinates
10.025°, -83.767°
Volcanic region (GVP)
Central America Volcanic Arc
Tectonic setting
Subduction zone / Continental crust (> 25 km)
GVP
345070
Documented eruptions · Nearby earthquakes ↓

Source: Smithsonian Global Volcanism Program

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Turrialba · Costa Rica

Documented eruptions

Latest catalogue records. Historical records are incomplete; missing values are unknown. VEI describes eruption explosivity.

StartEndVEIReport status
17 Jul 202217 Jul 20221Confirmed eruption
3 Nov 202128 Feb 20221Confirmed eruption
13 Jun 202123 Jul 20211Confirmed eruption
18 Jun 202024 Aug 20201Confirmed eruption
8 Mar 201528 Oct 20193Confirmed eruption
29 Oct 20148 Dec 20142Confirmed eruption
21 May 20134 Jun 20131Confirmed eruption
12 Jan 201218 Jan 20122Confirmed eruption

Source: Smithsonian GVP · Dataset date: 2026-09-21

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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Turrialba · No current eruption report · 3,340 m

Radius · 100 km

Nearby infrastructure

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Airports

  • Tobías Bolaños International AirportCosta Rica · SYQ · MRPV
    41.5 kmStraight-line distance
  • Aerotortuguero AirportCosta Rica · MRAO
    47.2 kmStraight-line distance
  • Juan Santamaría International AirportCosta Rica · SJO · MROC
    48.5 kmStraight-line distance

Source: OurAirports · Dataset date: 2026-09-21

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

Nearby places

TurrialbaCosta Rica · 16.3 km

GuápilesCosta Rica · 21.4 km

ParaísoCosta Rica · 23.4 km

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

Active volcanoes

Active volcanoes

Other volcanoes with a current eruption report.

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Sources & data dates

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VAAC / NOAA NWS

Satellite layers · Last successful retrieval: Sep 21, 2026, 2:23 PM UTC