M4.3 earthquake 47 km WNW of Villazón, Bolivia
A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck 47 km WNW of Villazón, Bolivia on Sun, Feb 14, 2021, 1:24 AM GMT-4 (05:24 UTC), 263 km (163 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.5 81 km W of Abra Pampa, Argentina. 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
- 2021-02-14 05:24:20 UTC
- Depth
- 262.7 km (163.3 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 21.985° S, 66.044° 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 6.1 km horizontally, 9.3 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.12
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 58°
- Stations used
- 50
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 3 in the 60 days after this one and 0 in the 30 days before it.
After
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000dhix. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 1:01 PM UTC.