M4.6 earthquake 138 km SW of Uyuni, Bolivia
A magnitude 4.6 earthquake struck 138 km SW of Uyuni, Bolivia on Thu, Mar 15, 2018, 1:44 PM GMT-3 (16:44 UTC), 169 km (105 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.8 100 km SW 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
- 4.6 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2018-03-15 16:44:16 UTC
- Depth
- 169.3 km (105.2 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 21.184° S, 67.907° 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 7.1 km horizontally, 8.1 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.13
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 32°
- Stations used
- 58
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.6 and up: 14 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.5111 km SSW of Uyuni, Bolivia · 3119 days ago · 185 km deep · 73 km away
- 4.5118 km N of Calama, Chile · 3117 days ago · 117 km deep · 87 km away
- 4.5134 km SW of Uyuni, Bolivia · 3117 days ago · 204 km deep · 48 km away
- 4.8100 km SW of Uyuni, Bolivia · 3107 days ago · 181 km deep · 49 km away
- 4.6112 km WSW of Colchani, Bolivia · 3105 days ago · 169 km deep · 59 km away
- 4.3153 km N of Calama, Chile · 3097 days ago · 155 km deep · 94 km away
- 4.4106 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 3095 days ago · 135 km deep · 74 km away
- 4.3114 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 3085 days ago · 136 km deep · 72 km away
- 4.4153 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 3085 days ago · 135 km deep · 69 km away
- 4.495 km NE of Calama, Chile · 3084 days ago · 130 km deep · 81 km away
- 4.288 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 3082 days ago · 120 km deep · 88 km away
- 4.2111 km SW of Uyuni, Bolivia · 3077 days ago · 229 km deep · 30 km away
- 4.3100 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 3069 days ago · 119 km deep · 76 km away
- 4.5100 km NE of Calama, Chile · 3068 days ago · 147 km deep · 75 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us1000d4s4. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 12:52 PM UTC.