M4.1 earthquake 89 km SW of Atocha, Bolivia
A magnitude 4.1 earthquake struck 89 km SW of Atocha, Bolivia on Thu, Aug 6, 2015, 7:43 AM GMT-4 (11:43 UTC), 230 km (143 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.4 149 km SW of Atocha, Bolivia. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.1 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2015-08-06 11:43:51 UTC
- Depth
- 230.3 km (143.1 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 21.442° S, 66.897° 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 7.9 km horizontally, 11.2 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.30
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 83°
- Stations used
- 30
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 6 in the 60 days after this one and 0 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.4149 km SW of Atocha, Bolivia · 4072 days ago · 179 km deep · 63 km away
- 4.179 km SSW of Atocha, Bolivia · 4060 days ago · 200 km deep · 33 km away
- 4.088 km WSW of Atocha, Bolivia · 4048 days ago · 250 km deep · 9 km away
- 4.2136 km NNE of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile · 4039 days ago · 193 km deep · 78 km away
- 4.2115 km SW of Uyuni, Bolivia · 4029 days ago · 206 km deep · 58 km away
- 4.4126 km NE of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile · 4018 days ago · 185 km deep · 85 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10002z2y. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 12:37 AM UTC.