M4.5 earthquake 58 km SW of Uyuni, Bolivia
A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck 58 km SW of Uyuni, Bolivia on Thu, Aug 16, 2007, 4:54 PM GMT-4 (20:54 UTC), 187 km (116 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.7 53 km SW 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
- 4.5 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2007-08-16 20:54:04 UTC
- Depth
- 187.2 km (116.3 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 20.865° S, 67.186° 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 usp000fjyx. 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
- 88°
- Stations used
- 81
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
- 3.59 km E of Uyuni, Bolivia · 6987 days ago · 220 km deep · 64 km away
- 4.0132 km SW of Uyuni, Bolivia · 6982 days ago · 146 km deep · 77 km away
- 4.472 km SSW of Atocha, Bolivia · 6978 days ago · 221 km deep · 91 km away
- 3.622 km SE of Uyuni, Bolivia · 6966 days ago · 226 km deep · 57 km away
- 4.580 km SSW of Atocha, Bolivia · 6964 days ago · 207 km deep · 94 km away
- 4.753 km SW of Uyuni, Bolivia · 6951 days ago · 186 km deep · 6 km away
- 4.5128 km SSW of Uyuni, Bolivia · 6947 days ago · 226 km deep · 71 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000fjyx. Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 6:26 AM UTC.