M4.1 earthquake 119 km WNW of Colchani, Bolivia
A magnitude 4.1 earthquake struck 119 km WNW of Colchani, Bolivia on Tue, Nov 3, 2015, 3:08 PM GMT-3 (18:08 UTC), 189 km (118 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.6 126 km ENE of Iquique, Chile. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.1 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2015-11-03 18:08:10 UTC
- Depth
- 189.3 km (117.7 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 20.052° S, 68.046° 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 7.0 km horizontally, 12.5 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.23
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 72°
- Stations used
- 36
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 4 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.6126 km ENE of Iquique, Chile · 3982 days ago · 113 km deep · 96 km away
- 4.1145 km E of Iquique, Chile · 3937 days ago · 116 km deep · 81 km away
- 4.4126 km E of Iquique, Chile · 3935 days ago · 107 km deep · 99 km away
- 4.4154 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 3931 days ago · 95 km deep · 94 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10003v6e. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 11:09 PM UTC.