M4.6 earthquake 96 km SW of Atocha, Bolivia
A magnitude 4.6 earthquake struck 96 km SW of Atocha, Bolivia on Sat, May 13, 2017, 3:46 PM GMT-4 (19:46 UTC), 213 km (132 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
- 4.6 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2017-05-13 19:46:09 UTC
- Depth
- 212.7 km (132.2 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 21.662° S, 66.742° 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 6.1 km horizontally, 5.3 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.06
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 34°
- Stations used
- 141
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.6 and up: 6 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.5141 km NNE of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile · 3423 days ago · 221 km deep · 91 km away
- 4.788 km SW of Atocha, Bolivia · 3395 days ago · 216 km deep · 15 km away
- 4.3104 km SW of Atocha, Bolivia · 3387 days ago · 261 km deep · 34 km away
- 4.0122 km SSW of Uyuni, Bolivia · 3380 days ago · 200 km deep · 68 km away
- 4.367 km SSW of Uyuni, Bolivia · 3380 days ago · 238 km deep · 89 km away
- 4.771 km SW of Atocha, Bolivia · 3372 days ago · 231 km deep · 27 km away
Before
Earthquakes todayBolivia earthquakesLive radar here
Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10008s84. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 5:03 AM UTC.