M4.3 earthquake 101 km SW of Atocha, Bolivia
A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck 101 km SW of Atocha, Bolivia on Sat, Jan 7, 2017, 12:21 AM GMT-4 (04:21 UTC), 257 km (159 mi) below the surface.
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
- 2017-01-07 04:21:54 UTC
- Depth
- 256.7 km (159.5 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 21.598° S, 66.900° 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 7.1 km horizontally, 9.8 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.53
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 96°
- Stations used
- 44
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 2 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.3126 km SSW of Uyuni, Bolivia · 3539 days ago · 211 km deep · 64 km away
- 4.1107 km ENE of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile · 3530 days ago · 226 km deep · 98 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10007rt6. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 3:25 AM UTC.