M4.2 earthquake 146 km SW of Atocha, Bolivia
A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck 146 km SW of Atocha, Bolivia on Sat, May 19, 2018, 4:55 AM GMT-4 (08:55 UTC), 194 km (121 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.5 101 km SSW 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
- 4.2 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2018-05-19 08:55:18 UTC
- Depth
- 194.2 km (120.7 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 21.683° S, 67.384° 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 9.3 km horizontally, 8.3 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.20
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 47°
- Stations used
- 34
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 8 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.494 km SW of Atocha, Bolivia · 3047 days ago · 254 km deep · 52 km away
- 4.0107 km NE of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile · 3040 days ago · 223 km deep · 53 km away
- 4.4Potosi, Bolivia · 3027 days ago · 226 km deep · 64 km away
- 4.391 km SW of Atocha, Bolivia · 3017 days ago · 241 km deep · 61 km away
- 4.1113 km SSW of Uyuni, Bolivia · 3011 days ago · 170 km deep · 35 km away
- 4.5101 km SSW of Uyuni, Bolivia · 3009 days ago · 210 km deep · 46 km away · felt by 1
- 4.588 km SW of Atocha, Bolivia · 3003 days ago · 222 km deep · 59 km away
- 4.0145 km NE of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile · 3002 days ago · 181 km deep · 26 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us1000e8hq. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 7:19 PM UTC.