M4.7 earthquake 71 km SW of Atocha, Bolivia
A magnitude 4.7 earthquake struck 71 km SW of Atocha, Bolivia on Sat, Jul 8, 2017, 1:03 AM GMT-4 (05:03 UTC), 231 km (144 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.8 135 km NE of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.7 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2017-07-08 05:03:56 UTC
- Depth
- 231.0 km (143.5 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 21.431° S, 66.669° 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 7.5 km horizontally, 9.6 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.13
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 41°
- Stations used
- 50
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.7 and up: 4 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.199 km SSW of Uyuni, Bolivia · 3350 days ago · 226 km deep · 68 km away
- 4.397 km SW of Atocha, Bolivia · 3334 days ago · 222 km deep · 27 km away
- 4.8135 km NE of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile · 3332 days ago · 205 km deep · 92 km away
- 4.1148 km NE of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile · 3319 days ago · 199 km deep · 80 km away
Before
- 4.367 km SSW of Uyuni, Bolivia · 3379 days ago · 238 km deep · 74 km away
- 4.0122 km SSW of Uyuni, Bolivia · 3380 days ago · 200 km deep · 72 km away
- 4.3104 km SW of Atocha, Bolivia · 3387 days ago · 261 km deep · 38 km away
- 4.3Potosi, Bolivia · 3393 days ago · 255 km deep · 94 km away
- 4.788 km SW of Atocha, Bolivia · 3395 days ago · 216 km deep · 17 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10009830. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 9:29 PM UTC.