M4.3 earthquake 144 km SW of Colchani, Bolivia
A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck 144 km SW of Colchani, Bolivia on Tue, Dec 15, 2020, 11:42 PM GMT-3 (02:42 UTC), 185 km (115 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.4 139 km WSW of Uyuni, Bolivia. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.3 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2020-12-16 02:42:37 UTC
- Depth
- 185.2 km (115.1 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 21.071° S, 68.055° 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 9.1 km horizontally, 6.2 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.22
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 122°
- Stations used
- 31
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 5 in the 60 days after this one and 11 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.2134 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 2106 days ago · 135 km deep · 58 km away · felt by 2
- 4.0134 km N of Calama, Chile · 2103 days ago · 132 km deep · 80 km away
- 4.1156 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 2089 days ago · 106 km deep · 84 km away
- 4.1149 km N of Calama, Chile · 2070 days ago · 127 km deep · 63 km away
- 4.4139 km WSW of Uyuni, Bolivia · 2067 days ago · 167 km deep · 12 km away
Before
- 4.3149 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 2119 days ago · 104 km deep · 89 km away
- 4.4101 km SSW of Uyuni, Bolivia · 2119 days ago · 199 km deep · 84 km away
- 4.6145 km N of Calama, Chile · 2123 days ago · 119 km deep · 87 km away · felt by 1
- 4.2115 km N of Calama, Chile · 2127 days ago · 118 km deep · 86 km away
- 4.6132 km N of Calama, Chile · 2130 days ago · 116 km deep · 91 km away
- 4.2107 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 2131 days ago · 115 km deep · 74 km away
- 4.2104 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 2132 days ago · 138 km deep · 76 km away
- 4.3156 km N of Calama, Chile · 2137 days ago · 151 km deep · 60 km away
- 4.4135 km N of Calama, Chile · 2142 days ago · 125 km deep · 85 km away
- 4.283 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 2143 days ago · 108 km deep · 95 km away
- 4.470 km SW of Uyuni, Bolivia · 2143 days ago · 193 km deep · 77 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000crfc. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 2:03 PM UTC.