M4.2 earthquake 147 km SW of Uyuni, Bolivia
A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck 147 km SW of Uyuni, Bolivia on Sat, Sep 7, 2019, 5:15 PM GMT-4 (21:15 UTC), 154 km (96 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.7 67 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 (Mwr, regional moment), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2019-09-07 21:15:48 UTC
- Depth
- 154.5 km (96.0 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 21.337° S, 67.894° 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 7.5 km horizontally, 8.0 km in depth
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 29°
- Stations used
- 54
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 8 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.4143 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 2581 days ago · 134 km deep · 65 km away
- 4.3110 km SW of Uyuni, Bolivia · 2575 days ago · 201 km deep · 41 km away
- 4.357 km WSW of Uyuni, Bolivia · 2572 days ago · 186 km deep · 93 km away
- 4.3116 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 2571 days ago · 139 km deep · 84 km away
- 5.767 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 2553 days ago · 119 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 16
- 4.2138 km N of Calama, Chile · 2543 days ago · 107 km deep · 82 km away
- 4.1110 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 2525 days ago · 132 km deep · 68 km away
- 4.2145 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 2522 days ago · 108 km deep · 72 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us70005da3. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 1:00 AM UTC.