M4.4 earthquake 70 km SW of Atocha, Bolivia
A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 70 km SW of Atocha, Bolivia on Wed, May 19, 2021, 9:44 AM GMT-4 (13:44 UTC), 226 km (140 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
- 4.4 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-05-19 13:44:53 UTC
- Depth
- 225.6 km (140.2 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 21.367° S, 66.713° 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 6.8 km horizontally, 9.7 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.13
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 87°
- Stations used
- 36
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 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 5.482 km SW of Atocha, Bolivia · 1949 days ago · 231 km deep · 14 km away · felt by 7
- 4.387 km SW of Atocha, Bolivia · 1947 days ago · 251 km deep · 19 km away
- 4.285 km SW of Atocha, Bolivia · 1924 days ago · 242 km deep · 15 km away
- 4.4117 km SSW of Uyuni, Bolivia · 1922 days ago · 184 km deep · 65 km away · felt by 1
- 4.482 km SW of Atocha, Bolivia · 1919 days ago · 253 km deep · 13 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000e4fm. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 10:28 PM UTC.