M4.4 earthquake 151 km SW of Atocha, Bolivia
A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 151 km SW of Atocha, Bolivia on Sun, Aug 12, 2018, 3:34 PM GMT-4 (19:34 UTC), 189 km (118 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.8 146 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
- 4.4 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2018-08-12 19:34:36 UTC
- Depth
- 189.1 km (117.5 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 21.764° S, 67.377° 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 7.3 km horizontally, 8.1 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.15
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 29°
- Stations used
- 48
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 3 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.0118 km NE of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile · 2967 days ago · 186 km deep · 49 km away
- 4.8146 km SW of Atocha, Bolivia · 2963 days ago · 177 km deep · 18 km away
- 4.2108 km SW of Uyuni, Bolivia · 2940 days ago · 187 km deep · 78 km away · felt by 2
- 4.3121 km SSW of Uyuni, Bolivia · 2928 days ago · 198 km deep · 36 km away
- 4.6117 km NE of Calama, Chile · 2926 days ago · 115 km deep · 93 km away
- 4.170 km ENE of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile · 2923 days ago · 173 km deep · 96 km away
- 4.682 km SW of Uyuni, Bolivia · 2922 days ago · 171 km deep · 78 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us1000g7c5. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 8:14 AM UTC.