M4.6 earthquake 82 km SW of Uyuni, Bolivia
A magnitude 4.6 earthquake struck 82 km SW of Uyuni, Bolivia on Mon, Oct 1, 2018, 10:45 AM GMT-4 (14:45 UTC), 171 km (107 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.8 26 km SE 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
- 2018-10-01 14:45:25 UTC
- Depth
- 171.5 km (106.5 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 21.067° S, 67.288° 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 9.3 km horizontally, 9.6 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.54
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 130°
- Stations used
- 20
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.6 and up: 3 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.826 km SE of Uyuni, Bolivia · 2896 days ago · 245 km deep · 79 km away
- 4.160 km SSW of Uyuni, Bolivia · 2893 days ago · 240 km deep · 33 km away
- 4.4147 km NE of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile · 2879 days ago · 195 km deep · 89 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us1000h7ml. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 3:13 PM UTC.