M4.3 earthquake 103 km WSW of Uyuni, Bolivia
A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck 103 km WSW of Uyuni, Bolivia on Sat, May 15, 2021, 3:05 AM GMT-4 (07:05 UTC), 185 km (115 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.4 117 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
- 4.3 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-05-15 07:05:39 UTC
- Depth
- 185.0 km (115.0 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 20.970° S, 67.655° 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 7.9 km horizontally, 12.4 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.24
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 69°
- Stations used
- 23
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 4 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.387 km SW of Atocha, Bolivia · 1946 days ago · 251 km deep · 96 km away
- 4.3134 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1923 days ago · 110 km deep · 88 km away
- 4.4117 km SSW of Uyuni, Bolivia · 1921 days ago · 184 km deep · 59 km away · felt by 1
- 4.482 km SW of Atocha, Bolivia · 1919 days ago · 253 km deep · 98 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000e4fp. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 4:02 PM UTC.