M4.5 earthquake 93 km SSW of Uyuni, Bolivia
A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck 93 km SSW of Uyuni, Bolivia on Tue, Feb 16, 2021, 2:46 AM GMT-4 (06:46 UTC), 198 km (123 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.7 92 km SSW of Uyuni, Bolivia. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.5 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-02-16 06:46:26 UTC
- Depth
- 198.3 km (123.2 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 21.177° S, 67.293° 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 7.7 km horizontally, 8.1 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.07
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 64°
- Stations used
- 69
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 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.792 km SSW of Uyuni, Bolivia · 2021 days ago · 186 km deep · 8 km away · felt by 1
- 4.4104 km SSW of Uyuni, Bolivia · 2021 days ago · 193 km deep · 15 km away · felt by 1
- 4.637 km WSW of Uyuni, Bolivia · 2012 days ago · 203 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 1
- 4.5144 km SW of Uyuni, Bolivia · 2000 days ago · 176 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 1
- 4.076 km SW of Atocha, Bolivia · 1998 days ago · 238 km deep · 54 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000dhzw. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 9:50 PM UTC.