M4.5 earthquake 149 km SW of Uyuni, Bolivia
A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck 149 km SW of Uyuni, Bolivia on Thu, Aug 26, 2021, 2:49 AM GMT-4 (06:49 UTC), 206 km (128 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.8 148 km N of Calama, Chile. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.5 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-08-26 06:49:30 UTC
- Depth
- 206.0 km (128.0 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 21.295° S, 67.948° 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 8.5 km horizontally, 11.3 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.17
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 46°
- Stations used
- 29
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 11 in the 60 days after this one and 7 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.6139 km NNE of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile · 1860 days ago · 216 km deep · 57 km away
- 4.1107 km NE of Calama, Chile · 1851 days ago · 137 km deep · 57 km away
- 4.3160 km N of Calama, Chile · 1846 days ago · 104 km deep · 90 km away
- 4.4103 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1836 days ago · 105 km deep · 69 km away
- 4.2150 km N of Calama, Chile · 1828 days ago · 136 km deep · 79 km away
- 4.5157 km N of Calama, Chile · 1828 days ago · 131 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 1
- 4.1101 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1828 days ago · 130 km deep · 65 km away
- 4.799 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1827 days ago · 103 km deep · 65 km away
- 4.8148 km N of Calama, Chile · 1819 days ago · 114 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 3
- 4.386 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1818 days ago · 126 km deep · 78 km away
- 4.2140 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1811 days ago · 125 km deep · 55 km away
Before
- 4.3124 km N of Calama, Chile · 1874 days ago · 124 km deep · 93 km away
- 4.1108 km SSW of Uyuni, Bolivia · 1874 days ago · 192 km deep · 81 km away
- 4.5128 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 1874 days ago · 105 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 2
- 5.287 km NE of Calama, Chile · 1882 days ago · 137 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 8
- 4.0107 km WSW of Colchani, Bolivia · 1884 days ago · 203 km deep · 58 km away
- 4.3141 km N of Calama, Chile · 1885 days ago · 134 km deep · 88 km away
- 4.299 km SW of Uyuni, Bolivia · 1886 days ago · 195 km deep · 53 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000f441. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 2:08 AM UTC.