M4.2 earthquake 85 km SW of Atocha, Bolivia
A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck 85 km SW of Atocha, Bolivia on Sun, Jun 27, 2021, 12:20 AM GMT-4 (04:20 UTC), 242 km (151 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.6 63 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
- 4.2 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-06-27 04:20:58 UTC
- Depth
- 242.5 km (150.7 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 21.467° S, 66.817° 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 11.7 km horizontally, 14.4 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.24
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 93°
- Stations used
- 25
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 7 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.3128 km NE of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile · 1923 days ago · 213 km deep · 86 km away
- 4.4117 km SSW of Uyuni, Bolivia · 1922 days ago · 184 km deep · 54 km away · felt by 1
- 4.482 km SW of Atocha, Bolivia · 1920 days ago · 253 km deep · 7 km away
- 4.663 km SW of Atocha, Bolivia · 1889 days ago · 229 km deep · 22 km away
- 4.299 km SW of Uyuni, Bolivia · 1886 days ago · 195 km deep · 78 km away
- 4.1108 km SSW of Uyuni, Bolivia · 1874 days ago · 192 km deep · 38 km away
- 4.2123 km NE of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile · 1867 days ago · 199 km deep · 92 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000eq5e. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 3:29 AM UTC.