M4.5 earthquake 109 km SW of Atocha, Bolivia
A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck 109 km SW of Atocha, Bolivia on Sat, Dec 17, 2016, 1:54 PM GMT-4 (17:54 UTC), 247 km (153 mi) below the surface.
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
- 2016-12-17 17:54:03 UTC
- Depth
- 246.8 km (153.4 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 21.567° S, 67.034° 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 7.7 km horizontally, 12.0 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.19
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 51°
- Stations used
- 77
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 3 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.3101 km SW of Atocha, Bolivia · 3555 days ago · 257 km deep · 14 km away
- 4.3126 km SSW of Uyuni, Bolivia · 3539 days ago · 211 km deep · 50 km away
- 4.1107 km ENE of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile · 3531 days ago · 226 km deep · 96 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us200081z7. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 4:51 PM UTC.