M4.5 earthquake 101 km SSW of Uyuni, Bolivia
A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck 101 km SSW of Uyuni, Bolivia on Fri, Jul 6, 2018, 7:29 PM GMT-4 (23:29 UTC), 210 km (131 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
- 2018-07-06 23:29:41 UTC
- Depth
- 210.1 km (130.6 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 21.304° S, 67.205° W
- Region
- Bolivia
- Felt reports
- 1
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
1 person reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was III, weak shaking.
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 8.1 km horizontally, 10.4 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.14
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 33°
- Stations used
- 66
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 3 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.588 km SW of Atocha, Bolivia · 3003 days ago · 222 km deep · 39 km away
- 4.0145 km NE of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile · 3002 days ago · 181 km deep · 67 km away
- 4.278 km SW of Atocha, Bolivia · 2984 days ago · 231 km deep · 45 km away
- 4.4151 km SW of Atocha, Bolivia · 2972 days ago · 189 km deep · 54 km away
- 4.8146 km SW of Atocha, Bolivia · 2964 days ago · 177 km deep · 62 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000fyrl. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 4:38 PM UTC.