Earthquakes in Bolivia — December 2024

5 earthquakes were recorded in Bolivia during December 2024, an average of 0.2 per day.

5 reached magnitude 4 or above and 0 reached magnitude 5 or above. The average focal depth was 266 km.

The month's largest event in Bolivia was a magnitude 4.9 earthquake near Municipio Colcha K, Bolivia on 14 December 2024 at 12:54 UTC. A magnitude 4.9 earthquake radiates roughly 338 tons of TNT equivalent in seismic energy.

That is well above the Bolivia monthly average of 2 events over the period we cover — an unusually active month, and up from the 1 recorded the previous month.

0% of events here are shallow (under 70 km), 80% intermediate (70–300 km) and 20% deep-focus (over 300 km). That proportion of deep-focus events is the signature of a subduction zone: only a cold slab descending into the mantle stays brittle enough to rupture at those depths.

By band, the catalogue holds 5 in the magnitude 4 range.

The month's largest events were M4.9 near Municipio Colcha K, Bolivia on 14 December at 187 km; M4.8 near Municipio San Pablo de Lipez, Bolivia on 06 December at 181 km; M4.7 near Municipio Colcha K, Bolivia on 13 December at 199 km.

That is 100% above the 2 events Bolivia averages per month across the 2 months on record.

This month also holds the strongest earthquake recorded in Bolivia in our entire catalogue.