Bolivia earthquakes

M5.0 earthquake 124 km SW of Uyuni, Bolivia

A magnitude 5.0 earthquake struck 124 km SW of Uyuni, Bolivia on Tue, Sep 6, 2016, 4:37 AM GMT-3 (07:37 UTC), 148 km (92 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.1 117 km NNE of Calama, Chile. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude: 5.0 (mww), moderate
Local time: Tue, Sep 6, 2016, 4:37 AM GMT-3
UTC: 2016-09-06 07:37:45 UTC
Depth: 148.5 km (92.2 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter: 21.226° S, 67.697° 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.

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: 5.0 Mww
Nodal plane 1: Strike 45°, dip 75°, rake -115°
Nodal plane 2: Strike 286°, dip 29°, rake -32°

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty: About 7.2 km horizontally, 5.5 km in depth
Depth from: From location
Station coverage gap: 37°
Stations used: 167

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 2.0 and up: 6 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.

After

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10006mci (also filed as iscgem609395013). Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 11:08 PM UTC.