M4.2 earthquake 117 km SSW of Uyuni, Bolivia
A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck 117 km SSW of Uyuni, Bolivia on Wed, Dec 7, 2022, 6:08 AM GMT-4 (10:08 UTC), 182 km (113 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
- 4.2 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2022-12-07 10:08:52 UTC
- Depth
- 182.4 km (113.4 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 21.409° S, 67.331° 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 6.6 km horizontally, 9.8 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.27
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 113°
- Stations used
- 18
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 7 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.665 km SW of Atocha, Bolivia · 1384 days ago · 225 km deep · 76 km away
- 4.0137 km NE of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile · 1383 days ago · 215 km deep · 64 km away
- 4.7113 km SSW of Uyuni, Bolivia · 1379 days ago · 176 km deep · 5 km away
- 4.4Potosi, Bolivia · 1373 days ago · 202 km deep · 16 km away
- 4.074 km SW of Atocha, Bolivia · 1354 days ago · 228 km deep · 68 km away
- 4.4118 km NE of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile · 1348 days ago · 194 km deep · 92 km away
- 4.4133 km NE of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile · 1345 days ago · 184 km deep · 75 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000j7kn. Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 1:26 PM UTC.