M4.2 earthquake 144 km WSW of Uyuni, Bolivia
A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck 144 km WSW of Uyuni, Bolivia on Tue, Oct 13, 2020, 10:38 AM GMT-3 (13:38 UTC), 171 km (106 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.6 132 km N 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
- 2020-10-13 13:38:26 UTC
- Depth
- 170.9 km (106.2 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 21.173° S, 67.993° 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 7.7 km horizontally, 7.4 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.24
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 72°
- Stations used
- 28
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 14 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.590 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 2162 days ago · 120 km deep · 82 km away
- 4.3103 km NE of Calama, Chile · 2161 days ago · 126 km deep · 74 km away
- 4.598 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 2159 days ago · 140 km deep · 82 km away
- 4.5135 km WSW of Uyuni, Bolivia · 2156 days ago · 163 km deep · 10 km away
- 4.470 km SW of Uyuni, Bolivia · 2143 days ago · 193 km deep · 75 km away
- 4.283 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 2143 days ago · 108 km deep · 90 km away
- 4.172 km NE of Calama, Chile · 2142 days ago · 126 km deep · 100 km away
- 4.4135 km N of Calama, Chile · 2142 days ago · 125 km deep · 90 km away
- 4.3156 km N of Calama, Chile · 2137 days ago · 151 km deep · 67 km away
- 4.2104 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 2132 days ago · 138 km deep · 74 km away
- 4.2107 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 2131 days ago · 115 km deep · 71 km away
- 4.6132 km N of Calama, Chile · 2129 days ago · 116 km deep · 95 km away
- 4.2115 km N of Calama, Chile · 2127 days ago · 118 km deep · 87 km away
- 4.6145 km N of Calama, Chile · 2123 days ago · 119 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 1
Before
Earthquakes todayBolivia earthquakesLive radar here
Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000c80d. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 12:12 PM UTC.