M4.5 earthquake 101 km SW of Atocha, Bolivia
A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck 101 km SW of Atocha, Bolivia on Wed, Apr 19, 2017, 9:28 PM GMT-4 (01:28 UTC), 214 km (133 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.7 88 km SW 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
- 4.5 (Mwr, regional moment), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2017-04-20 01:28:21 UTC
- Depth
- 213.6 km (132.7 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 21.654° S, 66.831° 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 5.8 km horizontally, 7.9 km in depth
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 60°
- Stations used
- 84
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
- 4.4147 km W of Villazón, Bolivia · 3437 days ago · 168 km deep · 52 km away
- 4.696 km SW of Atocha, Bolivia · 3427 days ago · 213 km deep · 9 km away
- 4.5141 km NNE of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile · 3423 days ago · 221 km deep · 82 km away
- 4.788 km SW of Atocha, Bolivia · 3395 days ago · 216 km deep · 14 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10008j5m. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 3:36 AM UTC.