M4.2 earthquake 130 km WSW of Colchani, Bolivia
A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck 130 km WSW of Colchani, Bolivia on Fri, May 25, 2018, 1:14 PM GMT-4 (17:14 UTC), 195 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
- 2018-05-25 17:14:07 UTC
- Depth
- 195.4 km (121.4 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 20.901° S, 68.009° 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 8.6 km horizontally, 9.0 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.37
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 63°
- Stations used
- 62
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 6 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.2103 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 3040 days ago · 126 km deep · 94 km away
- 4.0108 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 3035 days ago · 139 km deep · 92 km away
- 4.2131 km N of Calama, Chile · 3035 days ago · 133 km deep · 97 km away
- 4.2123 km N of Calama, Chile · 3034 days ago · 138 km deep · 95 km away
- 4.1113 km SSW of Uyuni, Bolivia · 3011 days ago · 170 km deep · 92 km away
- 4.5101 km SSW of Uyuni, Bolivia · 3008 days ago · 210 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 1
Before
- 4.6111 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 3053 days ago · 124 km deep · 86 km away
- 4.7135 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 3054 days ago · 114 km deep · 77 km away
- 4.5100 km NE of Calama, Chile · 3065 days ago · 147 km deep · 97 km away
- 4.3100 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 3067 days ago · 119 km deep · 97 km away
- 4.2111 km SW of Uyuni, Bolivia · 3075 days ago · 229 km deep · 47 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us1000ec76. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 5:26 AM UTC.