M4.1 earthquake 146 km SW of Atocha, Bolivia
A magnitude 4.1 earthquake struck 146 km SW of Atocha, Bolivia on Wed, Aug 1, 2007, 8:45 PM GMT-4 (00:45 UTC), 181 km (112 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.7 92 km ENE of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.1 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2007-08-02 00:45:14 UTC
- Depth
- 180.5 km (112.2 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 21.949° S, 67.122° W
- Region
- Bolivia
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
What happened
The USGS’s account of the effects of this earthquake.
no people dead or missing; no people injured; no buildings damaged or destroyed
From the USGS event page for usp000fhmu. U.S. Geological Survey text and figures are in the public domain.
Did you feel it?
No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Station coverage gap
- 67°
- Stations used
- 26
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 0 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.792 km ENE of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile · 6991 days ago · 149 km deep · 71 km away
- 4.366 km WSW of Tupiza, Bolivia · 6988 days ago · 252 km deep · 91 km away
- 3.887 km SSW of Atocha, Bolivia · 6987 days ago · 231 km deep · 63 km away
- 4.4101 km NNE of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile · 6986 days ago · 96 km deep · 89 km away
- 4.472 km SSW of Atocha, Bolivia · 6974 days ago · 221 km deep · 74 km away
- 4.580 km SSW of Atocha, Bolivia · 6960 days ago · 207 km deep · 67 km away
- 4.5128 km SSW of Uyuni, Bolivia · 6943 days ago · 226 km deep · 70 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000fhmu. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 2:36 AM UTC.