List of faults in Costa Rica

The following is a partial list of faults in Costa Rica:

Agua Caliente Fault, in the Central Valley.^[1]
Alajuela Fault, in the Central Valley.^[2]
Ángel-Varablanca Fault, in the Central Valley.^[3]
Atirro Fault, in Turrialba.^[4]
Buenavista Fault, in Pérez Zeledón.^[5]
Canoas Fault, in the Southern Zone.^[6]
Chiripa Fault, in the Northern Zone.^[7]
Escazú Fault, in the Central Valley.^[8]
Golfito Fault, in Golfito.^[9]
Guápiles Fault, in Caribbean Zone.^[10]
Jateo Fault, in the Central Valley.^[11]
Navarro Fault, in Turrialba.^[12]
San Miguel Fault, in the Central Valley.^[13]
Zarceró Fault, in the Northern Zone.^[14]

References

Tectonic plates of Central America (Pacific Plate–North American Plate–Caribbean Plate Convergence Zone)

Large	Cocos Plate Nazca Plate

Small	Rivera Plate

Faults and rift zones	Atl Fault Atoyac Fault Ballenas Fault Carmen Fault Cerro Prieto Fault Chapala Tula Fault Zone Donaji Fault Guaymas Fault Gulf of California Rift Zone Farallon Fault Imperial Fault Zone Oaxaca Fault Pedro Miguel Fault Pescadero Fault Rivera Transform Fault Polochic Fault - Motagua Fault San Lorenzo Fault Tamayo Fault

Trenches and troughs	Alarcon Basin Carmen Basin Consag Basin Delfin Basin Guaymas Basin Middle America Trench(Acapulco/Guatemala) San Pedro Martir Basin Tehuantepec Ridge Wagner Basin

Other	Rivera Triple Junction List of faults in Costa Rica List of seismic faults in Mexico

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