M4.2 earthquake 80 km SW of Atocha, Bolivia
A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck 80 km SW of Atocha, Bolivia on Fri, Mar 13, 2020, 8:08 PM GMT-4 (00:08 UTC), 197 km (122 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.4 142 km NNE of San Pedro de Atacama, 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
- 2020-03-14 00:08:01 UTC
- Depth
- 197.1 km (122.5 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 21.523° S, 66.681° 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 7.3 km horizontally, 7.4 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.24
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 136°
- 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: 4 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.368 km SW of Uyuni, Bolivia · 2388 days ago · 195 km deep · 90 km away
- 4.4142 km NNE of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile · 2368 days ago · 202 km deep · 90 km away
- 4.0118 km SSW of Uyuni, Bolivia · 2352 days ago · 170 km deep · 80 km away
- 4.395 km SW of Atocha, Bolivia · 2335 days ago · 241 km deep · 24 km away
Before
- 4.370 km SSW of Atocha, Bolivia · 2398 days ago · 204 km deep · 11 km away
- 4.1150 km NE of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile · 2399 days ago · 209 km deep · 75 km away
- 4.498 km SSW of Uyuni, Bolivia · 2404 days ago · 175 km deep · 65 km away
- 4.4111 km SSW of Uyuni, Bolivia · 2410 days ago · 192 km deep · 58 km away
- 4.1141 km NNE of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile · 2412 days ago · 233 km deep · 95 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us60008hpi. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 11:44 AM UTC.