M4.2 earthquake 152 km SW of Uyuni, Bolivia
A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck 152 km SW of Uyuni, Bolivia on Wed, Dec 6, 2017, 10:26 PM GMT-3 (01:26 UTC), 190 km (118 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.5 148 km N of Calama, 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, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2017-12-07 01:26:28 UTC
- Depth
- 189.9 km (118.0 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 21.282° S, 68.003° 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 6.2 km horizontally, 8.5 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.26
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 104°
- Stations used
- 40
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 9 in the 60 days after this one and 7 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.489 km N of Calama, Chile · 3217 days ago · 114 km deep · 92 km away
- 4.5148 km N of Calama, Chile · 3206 days ago · 138 km deep · 75 km away
- 4.3106 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 3202 days ago · 126 km deep · 56 km away
- 4.5138 km N of Calama, Chile · 3197 days ago · 119 km deep · 79 km away
- 4.3110 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 3192 days ago · 141 km deep · 61 km away
- 4.5113 km N of Calama, Chile · 3183 days ago · 119 km deep · 88 km away
- 4.387 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 3181 days ago · 119 km deep · 81 km away
- 4.3131 km WSW of Colchani, Bolivia · 3175 days ago · 211 km deep · 61 km away
- 4.5152 km N of Calama, Chile · 3163 days ago · 146 km deep · 82 km away
Before
- 4.3108 km WSW of Colchani, Bolivia · 3221 days ago · 166 km deep · 59 km away
- 4.2135 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 3234 days ago · 133 km deep · 54 km away
- 4.199 km SW of Uyuni, Bolivia · 3241 days ago · 217 km deep · 61 km away
- 4.4129 km SW of Uyuni, Bolivia · 3242 days ago · 176 km deep · 33 km away
- 4.084 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 3244 days ago · 123 km deep · 82 km away
- 4.0155 km N of Calama, Chile · 3246 days ago · 134 km deep · 70 km away
- 4.5146 km N of Calama, Chile · 3250 days ago · 107 km deep · 69 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000c1ew. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 7:19 AM UTC.