M4.8 earthquake 146 km SW of Atocha, Bolivia
A magnitude 4.8 earthquake struck 146 km SW of Atocha, Bolivia on Mon, Aug 20, 2018, 7:50 PM GMT-4 (23:50 UTC), 177 km (110 mi) below the surface.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.8 (Mwr, regional moment), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2018-08-20 23:50:06 UTC
- Depth
- 177.3 km (110.1 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 21.863° S, 67.233° 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 7.5 km horizontally, 5.8 km in depth
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 29°
- Stations used
- 402
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.8 and up: 5 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.3Jujuy, Argentina · 2956 days ago · 232 km deep · 100 km away
- 4.2108 km SW of Uyuni, Bolivia · 2941 days ago · 187 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 2
- 4.3121 km SSW of Uyuni, Bolivia · 2928 days ago · 198 km deep · 48 km away
- 4.170 km ENE of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile · 2924 days ago · 173 km deep · 91 km away
- 4.682 km SW of Uyuni, Bolivia · 2922 days ago · 171 km deep · 89 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us1000ge94. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 7:42 PM UTC.