M4.2 earthquake 128 km SW of Uyuni, Bolivia
A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck 128 km SW of Uyuni, Bolivia on Tue, Jan 1, 2019, 12:58 AM GMT-3 (03:58 UTC), 199 km (124 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.0 106 km NNE 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
- 2019-01-01 03:58:38 UTC
- Depth
- 199.4 km (123.9 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 21.288° S, 67.689° 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 7.6 km horizontally, 7.1 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.14
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 45°
- 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: 5 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.1159 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 2798 days ago · 139 km deep · 97 km away
- 4.7106 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 2791 days ago · 137 km deep · 95 km away
- 5.0106 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 2791 days ago · 115 km deep · 81 km away · felt by 3
- 4.5160 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 2786 days ago · 119 km deep · 57 km away
- 4.4147 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 2774 days ago · 129 km deep · 99 km away
Before
- 4.259 km SSW of Uyuni, Bolivia · 2837 days ago · 217 km deep · 83 km away
- 4.3105 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 2838 days ago · 140 km deep · 94 km away
- 5.0136 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 2839 days ago · 115 km deep · 57 km away · felt by 2
- 4.990 km NE of Calama, Chile · 2853 days ago · 133 km deep · 93 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000izks. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 5:16 PM UTC.