M4.3 earthquake 121 km SSW of Uyuni, Bolivia
A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck 121 km SSW of Uyuni, Bolivia on Tue, Sep 25, 2018, 4:20 AM GMT-4 (08:20 UTC), 198 km (123 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.6 117 km NE of Calama, Chile. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.3 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2018-09-25 08:20:58 UTC
- Depth
- 198.1 km (123.1 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 21.440° S, 67.344° 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 9.4 km horizontally, 10.7 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.17
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 96°
- Stations used
- 38
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 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.6117 km NE of Calama, Chile · 2926 days ago · 115 km deep · 96 km away
- 4.682 km SW of Uyuni, Bolivia · 2922 days ago · 171 km deep · 42 km away
- 4.160 km SSW of Uyuni, Bolivia · 2893 days ago · 240 km deep · 63 km away
- 4.6104 km NE of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile · 2888 days ago · 171 km deep · 97 km away
- 4.3100 km NE of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile · 2880 days ago · 203 km deep · 92 km away
- 4.4147 km NE of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile · 2879 days ago · 195 km deep · 48 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000hjmf. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 2:52 PM UTC.