GVP volcano 345070 · no holder yet
Turrialba
Turrialba is a 3,340 m stratovolcano in Costa Rica, erupting as recently as 2022.
- Type
- Stratovolcano (composite landform)
- Summit
- 3,340 m above sea level
- Rock
- Andesite / Basaltic Andesite
- Setting
- Subduction zone, continental, over 25 km
- Last eruption
- 2022
- Largest known
- VEI 4, cataclysmic, 40 CE
- Eruptions
- 21 confirmed in the record
- Where
- 10.03°N 83.77°W · Costa Rica
- Region
- Central America Volcanic Arc, Middle America-Caribbean Volcanic Regions
- Record
- Global Volcanism Program, volcano 345070
Not a hazard warning. For safety information follow the World Organization of Volcano Observatories (its directory lists the observatory for each country).