M4.4 earthquake 137 km SW of Atocha, Bolivia
A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 137 km SW of Atocha, Bolivia on Wed, Feb 23, 2022, 4:49 AM GMT-4 (08:49 UTC), 181 km (112 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.5 103 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
- 4.4 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2022-02-23 08:49:36 UTC
- Depth
- 180.5 km (112.2 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 21.785° S, 67.184° 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 7.1 km horizontally, 6.2 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.13
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 51°
- Stations used
- 49
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 3 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.281 km SW of Uyuni, Bolivia · 1647 days ago · 190 km deep · 92 km away
- 4.1111 km SSW of Uyuni, Bolivia · 1637 days ago · 209 km deep · 49 km away
- 4.5103 km SSW of Uyuni, Bolivia · 1628 days ago · 219 km deep · 54 km away
- 4.492 km SSW of Atocha, Bolivia · 1626 days ago · 214 km deep · 53 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000gn5c. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 2:16 PM UTC.