M4.5 earthquake 88 km SW of Atocha, Bolivia
A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck 88 km SW of Atocha, Bolivia on Thu, Jul 12, 2018, 5:11 AM GMT-4 (09:11 UTC), 222 km (138 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
- 4.5 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2018-07-12 09:11:57 UTC
- Depth
- 221.9 km (137.9 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 21.461° S, 66.867° 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 6.3 km horizontally, 11.5 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.18
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 143°
- Stations used
- 32
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 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.0145 km NE of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile · 3002 days ago · 181 km deep · 66 km away
- 4.278 km SW of Atocha, Bolivia · 2985 days ago · 231 km deep · 10 km away
- 4.4151 km SW of Atocha, Bolivia · 2972 days ago · 189 km deep · 63 km away
- 4.0118 km NE of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile · 2968 days ago · 186 km deep · 96 km away
- 4.8146 km SW of Atocha, Bolivia · 2964 days ago · 177 km deep · 59 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000g7y2. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 5:54 AM UTC.