M4.2 earthquake Peru-Bolivia border region
A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck in the Peru-Bolivia border region on Tue, Mar 6, 2018, 6:38 AM GMT-5 (11:38 UTC), 163 km (102 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.4 41 km E of Tarata, Peru. 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
- 2018-03-06 11:38:46 UTC
- Depth
- 163.5 km (101.6 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 17.402° S, 69.761° 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 8.5 km horizontally, 8.2 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.24
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 103°
- Stations used
- 39
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 2 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.361 km SSE of Palca, Peru · 3093 days ago · 136 km deep · 95 km away
- 4.441 km E of Tarata, Peru · 3089 days ago · 165 km deep · 13 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000dcut. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 4:19 AM UTC.