M4.3 earthquake 34 km W of Villazón, Bolivia
A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck 34 km W of Villazón, Bolivia on Tue, Feb 23, 2021, 8:34 PM GMT-4 (00:34 UTC), 272 km (169 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
- 2021-02-24 00:34:38 UTC
- Depth
- 272.4 km (169.3 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 22.065° S, 65.927° 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 8.9 km horizontally, 2.6 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.13
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 95°
- Stations used
- 59
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 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.3Jujuy, Argentina · 2018 days ago · 238 km deep · 55 km away · felt by 1
- 4.581 km W of Abra Pampa, Argentina · 2000 days ago · 220 km deep · 87 km away
- 4.575 km W of Abra Pampa, Argentina · 1994 days ago · 276 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 1
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000dkjh. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 2:01 PM UTC.