M4.6 earthquake 63 km SW of Atocha, Bolivia
A magnitude 4.6 earthquake struck 63 km SW of Atocha, Bolivia on Sun, Aug 1, 2021, 11:26 AM GMT-4 (15:26 UTC), 229 km (142 mi) below the surface.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.6 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-08-01 15:26:18 UTC
- Depth
- 229.2 km (142.4 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 21.334° S, 66.655° 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 7.8 km horizontally, 6.4 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.03
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 44°
- Stations used
- 70
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.6 and up: 5 in the 60 days after this one and 0 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.299 km SW of Uyuni, Bolivia · 1886 days ago · 195 km deep · 88 km away
- 4.1108 km SSW of Uyuni, Bolivia · 1874 days ago · 192 km deep · 54 km away
- 4.418 km SSW of Uyuni, Bolivia · 1864 days ago · 255 km deep · 85 km away · felt by 1
- 4.1Potosi, Bolivia · 1835 days ago · 234 km deep · 33 km away
- 4.679 km SSW of Atocha, Bolivia · 1829 days ago · 213 km deep · 26 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000f19t. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 9:32 PM UTC.