M4.6 earthquake 65 km SW of Atocha, Bolivia
A magnitude 4.6 earthquake struck 65 km SW of Atocha, Bolivia on Wed, Dec 21, 2022, 1:33 PM GMT-4 (17:33 UTC), 225 km (140 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.7 113 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
- 4.6 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2022-12-21 17:33:11 UTC
- Depth
- 225.3 km (140.0 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 21.409° S, 66.593° 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 7.8 km horizontally, 7.4 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.14
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 46°
- Stations used
- 39
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.6 and up: 4 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.0137 km NE of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile · 1382 days ago · 215 km deep · 99 km away
- 4.7113 km SSW of Uyuni, Bolivia · 1377 days ago · 176 km deep · 72 km away
- 4.4Potosi, Bolivia · 1371 days ago · 202 km deep · 65 km away
- 4.074 km SW of Atocha, Bolivia · 1352 days ago · 228 km deep · 11 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000javz. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 7:58 AM UTC.