M5.3 earthquake 26 km W of Atocha, Bolivia
A magnitude 5.3 earthquake struck 26 km W of Atocha, Bolivia on Wed, Apr 13, 2016, 4:01 PM GMT-4 (20:01 UTC), 221 km (137 mi) below the surface.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 5.3 (Mww, W-phase moment), moderate
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2016-04-13 20:01:57 UTC
- Depth
- 220.9 km (137.3 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 20.938° S, 66.478° W
- Region
- Bolivia
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Magnitude estimates
Different scales measure different things and differ by a few tenths. The USGS marks one as preferred, and it is the one this page uses.
| Mag. | Scale | Computed by | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5.3 | Mww, W-phase moment | USGS National Earthquake Information Center | Preferred · Reviewed |
| 5.52 | Mw, moment | ISC-GEM global catalog | Final · ±0.1 |
What happened
The USGS’s account of the effects of this earthquake.
Felt (III) at Tocopilla and (II) at Alto Hospicio and Iquique, Chile.
From the USGS event page for us20005hve. 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.
Fault motion and ground failure
How the rock slipped, from the moment tensor, and the USGS estimate of landslides and liquefaction.
- Faulting
- Normal
- Moment magnitude
- 5.3 Mww
- Nodal plane 1
- Strike 357°, dip 80°, rake -65°
- Nodal plane 2
- Strike 107°, dip 26°, rake -157°
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 7.5 km horizontally, 4.9 km in depth
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 22°
- Stations used
- 291
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 2.3 and up: 2 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.2103 km SSW of Uyuni, Bolivia · 3793 days ago · 212 km deep · 96 km away
- 4.440 km W of Atocha, Bolivia · 3768 days ago · 237 km deep · 15 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us20005hve (also filed as iscgem608552464). Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 3:24 PM UTC.