M4.4 earthquake 87 km SW of Atocha, Bolivia
A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 87 km SW of Atocha, Bolivia on Wed, Apr 6, 2016, 8:31 PM GMT-4 (00:31 UTC), 198 km (123 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.3 26 km W 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
- 4.4 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2016-04-07 00:31:09 UTC
- Depth
- 197.8 km (122.9 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 21.559° S, 66.744° 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 8.2 km horizontally, 6.8 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.07
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 46°
- Stations used
- 113
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 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 5.326 km W of Atocha, Bolivia · 3824 days ago · 221 km deep · 74 km away
- 4.2103 km SSW of Uyuni, Bolivia · 3793 days ago · 212 km deep · 70 km away
- 4.4111 km SW of Uyuni, Bolivia · 3786 days ago · 178 km deep · 96 km away
- 5.0132 km NE of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile · 3784 days ago · 175 km deep · 80 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us20005fyj. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 11:33 AM UTC.