M4.0 earthquake 76 km SW of Atocha, Bolivia
A magnitude 4.0 earthquake struck 76 km SW of Atocha, Bolivia on Tue, Apr 13, 2021, 9:01 PM GMT-4 (01:01 UTC), 238 km (148 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.4 82 km SW of Atocha, Bolivia. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.0 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-04-14 01:01:04 UTC
- Depth
- 238.4 km (148.1 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 21.354° S, 66.806° 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 8.6 km horizontally, 6.6 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.18
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 105°
- Stations used
- 26
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 3 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.6141 km NE of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile · 1974 days ago · 230 km deep · 84 km away · felt by 1
- 4.3103 km WSW of Uyuni, Bolivia · 1967 days ago · 185 km deep · 98 km away
- 4.470 km SW of Atocha, Bolivia · 1962 days ago · 226 km deep · 10 km away
- 5.482 km SW of Atocha, Bolivia · 1950 days ago · 231 km deep · 15 km away · felt by 7
- 4.387 km SW of Atocha, Bolivia · 1947 days ago · 251 km deep · 12 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000e1dd. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 1:13 AM UTC.