Bolivia earthquakes

M4.4 earthquake Chile-Bolivia border region

A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck in the Chile-Bolivia border region on Tue, Apr 23, 2013, 4:37 PM GMT-3 (19:37 UTC), 96 km (60 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.2 163 km N of Calama, Chile. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude: 4.4 (mb, body-wave), light
Magnitude from: USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time: Tue, Apr 23, 2013, 4:37 PM GMT-3
UTC: 2013-04-23 19:37:52 UTC
Depth: 96.0 km (59.7 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter: 20.684° S, 68.952° W
Region: Bolivia
Tsunami flag: No
Status: Reviewed by a seismologist

What happened

The USGS’s account of the effects of this earthquake.

no people dead or missing; no people injured; no buildings damaged or destroyed

From the USGS event page for us2013pid8. U.S. Geological Survey text and figures are in the public domain.

Did you feel it?

No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Station coverage gap: 83°
Stations used: 31

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 10 in the 60 days after this one and 6 in the 30 days before it.

After

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2013pid8. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 5:42 AM UTC.