M4.5 earthquake 80 km SW of Atocha, Bolivia
A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck 80 km SW of Atocha, Bolivia on Tue, Jun 9, 2020, 7:58 PM GMT-4 (23:58 UTC), 211 km (131 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.7 138 km NE 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
- 4.5 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2020-06-09 23:58:48 UTC
- Depth
- 211.1 km (131.2 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 21.470° S, 66.743° 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 8.4 km horizontally, 5.5 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.06
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 44°
- Stations used
- 67
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 2 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.7138 km NE of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile · 2300 days ago · 192 km deep · 81 km away
- 4.444 km W of Villazón, Bolivia · 2287 days ago · 275 km deep · 97 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000a8zy. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 11:42 AM UTC.