M4.2 earthquake 115 km SW of Uyuni, Bolivia
A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck 115 km SW of Uyuni, Bolivia on Sat, Sep 19, 2015, 1:15 PM GMT-4 (17:15 UTC), 206 km (128 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.4 126 km NE of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile. 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
- 2015-09-19 17:15:10 UTC
- Depth
- 206.0 km (128.0 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 21.328° S, 67.446° 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 9.1 km horizontally, 11.9 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.24
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 67°
- Stations used
- 48
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 3 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.4126 km NE of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile · 4018 days ago · 185 km deep · 79 km away
- 4.480 km SW of Atocha, Bolivia · 4011 days ago · 231 km deep · 67 km away
- 4.189 km SSW of Atocha, Bolivia · 3974 days ago · 217 km deep · 85 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us20003lx2. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 3:17 PM UTC.