Abstract
Costa Rica is in Central America on the Caribbean tectonic plate. The western coast of the country is a region of subduction where the interaction of three tectonic plates (the Caribbean, the Cocos, and the Nazca Plates) creates a zone of intense seismicity. Also, the country is crossed by a series of local faults that contribute further to the seismicity.
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Barzuna, J.L. (1994). Costa Rica. In: Paz, M. (eds) International Handbook of Earthquake Engineering. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-2069-6_13
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