Poas is an active 2,708m stratovolcano located in Costa Rica. It is one of the most active volcanoes in Costa Rica and has erupted more than 40 times. The Poas volcano’s latest eruption occurred in 2017, with widespread evacuations.
| Location: | Poas Volcano National Park. Costa Rica |
| Coordinates: | 10.198474, -84.230513 |
| Volcano Type: | Stratovolcano |
Poas's location
Poas Volcano News
May 2020: Poas National Park is again open!
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Poas's Eruptive History
| 1990 | Ongoing phreatic eruptions. Crater lakes continues to shrink. |
| 1993 | More phreatic eruptions. |
| 2006 | First phreatic eruption in over 12 years |
| 2009 | A 6.1 magnitude earthquake struck near Poas, killing at least 40 people. This did not increase eruptive activity. |
| 2014 | A series of phreatic eruptions - also caught on the newly installed web cam. Plume to 300m. |
| 2017 | Increase in phreatic and phreato-magmatic explosions. Ash column to 3000m. |
| 2019 | Ongoing phreatic eruptions and changing crater lake levels. Multiple thermal anomalies recorded. September: Eruption producing ash column to 2km. |
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No monitoring for this volcano available.
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