“…The subduction rate in the trench-normal direction is 74-84 mmyr À1 [Outerbridge et al, 2010], while fore-arc motion is in the range of 8-14 mmyr À1 [DeMets, 2001;Norabuena et al, 2004;LaFemina et al, 2009]. The subducting Cocos plate is formed at both the fast spreading East Pacific Rise (EPR), with relatively smooth seafloor topography, and the slow-spreading Cocos-Nazca Ridge (CNR), with relatively rough seafloor topography [Protti et al, 1995;Barckhausen et al, 2001]. The location of the Nicoya peninsula, close to the subduction plate boundary and above the seismogenic portion of the plate interface, provides an excellent location for geodetic and seismic studies of shallow subduction zone processes [Lundgren et al, 1999; Outerbridge et al, 2010;Feng et al, 2010;Walter et al, 2011].…”