M4.4 earthquake 146 km SW of Uyuni, Bolivia
A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 146 km SW of Uyuni, Bolivia on Sun, May 12, 2019, 12:44 PM GMT-4 (16:44 UTC), 187 km (116 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.5 122 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
- 4.4 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2019-05-12 16:44:17 UTC
- Depth
- 186.7 km (116.0 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 21.301° S, 67.907° 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 9.0 km horizontally, 7.2 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.13
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 41°
- Stations used
- 32
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 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.5122 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 2698 days ago · 123 km deep · 60 km away
- 4.3139 km N of Calama, Chile · 2698 days ago · 134 km deep · 84 km away
- 4.079 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 2689 days ago · 131 km deep · 89 km away
- 4.4144 km N of Calama, Chile · 2684 days ago · 114 km deep · 81 km away
- 4.3112 km SSW of Uyuni, Bolivia · 2673 days ago · 185 km deep · 58 km away
- 4.4119 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 2663 days ago · 147 km deep · 65 km away · felt by 1
- 4.0120 km SW of Colchani, Bolivia · 2662 days ago · 200 km deep · 40 km away
- 4.580 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 2657 days ago · 120 km deep · 87 km away
- 4.2110 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 2652 days ago · 162 km deep · 68 km away
Before
- 4.3103 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 2702 days ago · 122 km deep · 68 km away
- 4.5140 km N of Calama, Chile · 2710 days ago · 113 km deep · 86 km away
- 5.3106 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 2719 days ago · 146 km deep · 79 km away · felt by 4
- 4.5142 km N of Calama, Chile · 2723 days ago · 124 km deep · 90 km away
- 4.3110 km NNE of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile · 2725 days ago · 206 km deep · 88 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us70003k2u. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 2:51 PM UTC.