M4.3 earthquake 99 km SW of Atocha, Bolivia
A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck 99 km SW of Atocha, Bolivia on Sun, Dec 12, 2021, 9:32 AM GMT-4 (13:32 UTC), 250 km (156 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.4 128 km NNE of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.3 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-12-12 13:32:38 UTC
- Depth
- 250.4 km (155.6 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 21.681° S, 66.756° 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 9.6 km horizontally, 8.2 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.14
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 124°
- Stations used
- 38
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 6 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.990 km WNW of Abra Pampa, Argentina · 1756 days ago · 267 km deep · 81 km away
- 4.2110 km SW of Atocha, Bolivia · 1749 days ago · 254 km deep · 34 km away
- 4.0140 km SW of Atocha, Bolivia · 1718 days ago · 184 km deep · 57 km away
- 4.2114 km SW of Uyuni, Bolivia · 1713 days ago · 226 km deep · 88 km away
- 4.4128 km NNE of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile · 1709 days ago · 195 km deep · 87 km away
- 4.0110 km SW of Uyuni, Bolivia · 1701 days ago · 213 km deep · 87 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000gbnc. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 9:02 AM UTC.