M4.4 earthquake 104 km SSW of Uyuni, Bolivia
A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 104 km SSW of Uyuni, Bolivia on Mon, Mar 22, 2021, 4:10 AM GMT-4 (08:10 UTC), 193 km (120 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.6 37 km WSW 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
- 4.4 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-03-22 08:10:57 UTC
- Depth
- 192.5 km (119.6 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 21.306° S, 67.268° W
- Region
- Bolivia
- Felt reports
- 1
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
1 person reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was I, not felt shaking.

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
- 71°
- Stations used
- 74
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 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.637 km WSW of Uyuni, Bolivia · 2012 days ago · 203 km deep · 83 km away · felt by 1
- 4.5144 km SW of Uyuni, Bolivia · 2001 days ago · 176 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 1
- 4.076 km SW of Atocha, Bolivia · 1998 days ago · 238 km deep · 48 km away
- 4.6141 km NE of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile · 1974 days ago · 230 km deep · 64 km away · felt by 1
- 4.3103 km WSW of Uyuni, Bolivia · 1967 days ago · 185 km deep · 55 km away
- 4.470 km SW of Atocha, Bolivia · 1963 days ago · 226 km deep · 58 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000dlju. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 8:05 AM UTC.