May 2, 2019 Tsunami: Irazu Volcano, Costa Rica
A tsunami caused by a volcano and a landslide began at Irazu Volcano, Costa Rica on May 2, 2019 at 18:53 UTC.
Where the waves reached
The source of the tsunami. No runup with a place is recorded for it.
- Under 1 m
- 1 to 3 m
- 3 to 10 m
- 10 to 30 m
- 30 m and more
- Height not recorded
The tsunami
- Date
- May 2, 2019, 18:53 UTC
- Source
- Irazu Volcano, Costa Rica
- Cause
- Volcano and landslide
- Volcano
- The eruption that caused it
- Runups recorded
- 0
- Waters
- A lake or river, not the ocean
- How certain
- Probable tsunami
- Source location
- 9.979° N, 83.852° W
The toll
The record gives no deaths, injuries or damage for this tsunami.
What the record says
NCEI’s account, from the sources it cites.
Reference #13833 states: that on May 2, 2019 (12:53 p.m.) a landslide with a seiche (type tsunami; in a lake) occurred, which produced a change in the color of the waters of the crater lake, a product of the landslide and sediment input, as well as the disturbance of the lacustrine bottom
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Sources
Tsunami events and runups from NOAA’s National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Historical Hazard Database, cited as NCEI/WDS, doi:10.7289/V5PN93H7. Public domain. Read 2026-09-24. NCEI tsunami event 5930.