M4.1 earthquake 79 km SSW of Atocha, Bolivia
A magnitude 4.1 earthquake struck 79 km SSW of Atocha, Bolivia on Wed, Aug 19, 2015, 2:04 PM GMT-4 (18:04 UTC), 200 km (125 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.4 126 km NE 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), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2015-08-19 18:04:34 UTC
- Depth
- 200.5 km (124.6 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 21.553° S, 66.604° 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 5.5 km horizontally, 7.2 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.18
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 98°
- Stations used
- 49
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 5 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.088 km WSW of Atocha, Bolivia · 4047 days ago · 250 km deep · 40 km away
- 4.2136 km NNE of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile · 4039 days ago · 193 km deep · 98 km away
- 4.2115 km SW of Uyuni, Bolivia · 4029 days ago · 206 km deep · 91 km away
- 4.4126 km NE of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile · 4018 days ago · 185 km deep · 99 km away
- 4.480 km SW of Atocha, Bolivia · 4011 days ago · 231 km deep · 25 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us100033et. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 5:34 PM UTC.