M4.2 earthquake 34 km WSW of Challapata, Bolivia
A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck 34 km WSW of Challapata, Bolivia on Tue, Mar 15, 2022, 2:37 AM GMT-4 (06:37 UTC), 252 km (156 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.5 104 km SW of Challapata, Bolivia. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.2 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2022-03-15 06:37:43 UTC
- Depth
- 251.8 km (156.4 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 19.050° S, 67.053° 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 10.9 km horizontally, 9.7 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.15
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 64°
- Stations used
- 28
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 2 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 us6000h4mn. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 4:40 PM UTC.