M4.2 earthquake 130 km WSW of Colchani, Bolivia
A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck 130 km WSW of Colchani, Bolivia on Tue, Feb 18, 2020, 1:29 AM GMT-3 (04:29 UTC), 151 km (94 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.6 107 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
- 2020-02-18 04:29:44 UTC
- Depth
- 150.7 km (93.6 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 20.904° S, 68.008° 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 6.8 km horizontally, 8.1 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.20
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 56°
- Stations used
- 33
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 11 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.0106 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 2417 days ago · 123 km deep · 91 km away
- 4.4111 km SSW of Uyuni, Bolivia · 2410 days ago · 192 km deep · 98 km away
- 4.4156 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 2406 days ago · 123 km deep · 47 km away
- 4.498 km SSW of Uyuni, Bolivia · 2404 days ago · 175 km deep · 89 km away
- 4.6107 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 2396 days ago · 101 km deep · 90 km away
- 4.3131 km N of Calama, Chile · 2392 days ago · 111 km deep · 93 km away
- 4.368 km SW of Uyuni, Bolivia · 2388 days ago · 195 km deep · 77 km away
- 4.6150 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 2383 days ago · 143 km deep · 46 km away
- 4.2144 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 2372 days ago · 109 km deep · 92 km away
- 4.1146 km N of Calama, Chile · 2369 days ago · 134 km deep · 77 km away
- 4.4151 km N of Calama, Chile · 2366 days ago · 114 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 1
Before
- 4.1154 km N of Calama, Chile · 2425 days ago · 122 km deep · 93 km away
- 5.264 km NW of Ollagüe, Chile · 2428 days ago · 108 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 19
- 3.9136 km SW of Uyuni, Bolivia · 2438 days ago · 164 km deep · 38 km away
- 4.4147 km E of Iquique, Chile · 2438 days ago · 120 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 1
- 4.1159 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 2447 days ago · 153 km deep · 55 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us70007vx2. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 9:47 AM UTC.