his Sunday, November 4th two of Costa Rica’s volcanoes registered important activity; the Turrialba Volcano in Cartago presented an eruption with an ash column that reached 500 meters above the crater or 3,484 meters above sea level (12595.2 ft).
In Guanacaste, the Rincon de la Vieja volcano began its activity at 7:45 p.m., the weather conditions at the time of the eruption didn’t allow to confirm the height reached by the column; the activity lasted for close to 12 minutes with an eruptive sequence of at least three episodes of two minutes each, the nearby community reported smell of Sulphur.
The Turrialba volcano has registered several eruptions since the beginning of October, prior to the activity this Sunday it also had important activity on November 2; while the Rincon de la Vieja registered its last short eruption back on October 17.
In Guanacaste, the Rincon de la Vieja volcano began its activity at 7:45 p.m., the weather conditions at the time of the eruption didn’t allow to confirm the height reached by the column; the activity lasted for close to 12 minutes with an eruptive sequence of at least three episodes of two minutes each, the nearby community reported smell of Sulphur.
The Turrialba volcano has registered several eruptions since the beginning of October, prior to the activity this Sunday it also had important activity on November 2; while the Rincon de la Vieja registered its last short eruption back on October 17.
