Director of Turrialba National Park Miguel Salazar announced that the conservation area would seek funds to purchase 1,000 hectares from landholders in and around the active Turrialba Volcano.
Costa Rica’s National Emergency Commission announced Monday that it would expand the ring of security measures to a radius of five kilometers from the crater of Turrialba Volcano.
Turrialba Volcano, located 50 kilometers east of Costa Rica's capital, erupted at 5:10 a.m. on Saturday. So far, there have been no reports of ash in San José or the surrounding suburbs.
The eruption last Friday of Costa Rica's Turrialba Volcano spewed large amounts of ash that ended up along the volcano’s outskirts due to heavy showers and mild winds that day, experts from the University of Costa Rica's National Seismological Network (RSN) reported Tuesday.
Experts from the Volcanological and Seismological Observatory of Costa Rica say activity has decreased at Turrialba since its peak from October to May, however gas and ash explosions similar to that recorded Saturday could still occur.
The Volcanological and Seismological Observatory took a selection from a seismograph registered inside Turrialba Volcano's central crater and converted it into a sound file. The effect allows you to “hear” the volcano’s sub-audible rumbling.
Due to the frequent explosions at Turrialba Volcano, Costa Rica’s National Emergency Commission has expanded the evacuation zone surrounding the volcano from 2 kilometers to 5 kilometers.
