M4.4 earthquake 93 km SW of Atocha, Bolivia
A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 93 km SW of Atocha, Bolivia on Wed, Aug 17, 2016, 7:48 AM GMT-4 (11:48 UTC), 215 km (134 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.5 124 km NE of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.4 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2016-08-17 11:48:22 UTC
- Depth
- 215.5 km (133.9 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 21.622° S, 66.746° 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 8.1 km horizontally, 11.4 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.31
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 75°
- 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: 4 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.440 km W of Atocha, Bolivia · 3695 days ago · 230 km deep · 76 km away
- 4.0148 km NE of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile · 3688 days ago · 210 km deep · 68 km away
- 4.5124 km NE of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile · 3656 days ago · 186 km deep · 86 km away
- 4.1146 km NE of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile · 3642 days ago · 197 km deep · 68 km away
Before
- 4.461 km SW of Atocha, Bolivia · 3710 days ago · 218 km deep · 34 km away
- 4.381 km SW of Atocha, Bolivia · 3711 days ago · 220 km deep · 23 km away
- 5.0119 km ENE of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile · 3721 days ago · 28 km deep · 98 km away
- 4.393 km SW of Atocha, Bolivia · 3726 days ago · 238 km deep · 21 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10006eeh. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 7:27 PM UTC.