M4.2 earthquake 122 km WSW of Atocha, Bolivia
A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck 122 km WSW of Atocha, Bolivia on Wed, May 6, 2015, 8:48 AM GMT-4 (12:48 UTC), 186 km (115 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.6 72 km SW of Atocha, Bolivia. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.2 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2015-05-06 12:48:27 UTC
- Depth
- 185.8 km (115.5 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 21.539° S, 67.214° W
- Region
- Bolivia
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 5.3 km horizontally, 7.7 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.18
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 72°
- Stations used
- 46
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 4 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.0107 km SW of Uyuni, Bolivia · 4145 days ago · 195 km deep · 69 km away
- 4.090 km NE of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile · 4138 days ago · 210 km deep · 93 km away
- 4.672 km SW of Atocha, Bolivia · 4123 days ago · 209 km deep · 59 km away
- 4.196 km NNE of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile · 4111 days ago · 215 km deep · 89 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us20002c7s. Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 4:31 PM UTC.