M4.3 earthquake 97 km SW of Atocha, Bolivia
A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck 97 km SW of Atocha, Bolivia on Mon, Aug 14, 2017, 6:28 AM GMT-4 (10:28 UTC), 222 km (138 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.9 53 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
- 4.3 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2017-08-14 10:28:51 UTC
- Depth
- 222.3 km (138.1 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 21.530° S, 66.910° 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 9.3 km horizontally, 4.2 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.20
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 97°
- Stations used
- 51
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 7 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.8135 km NE of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile · 3333 days ago · 205 km deep · 67 km away
- 4.1148 km NE of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile · 3320 days ago · 199 km deep · 55 km away
- 4.3107 km NE of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile · 3311 days ago · 186 km deep · 96 km away
- 4.2142 km NE of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile · 3301 days ago · 193 km deep · 61 km away
- 4.953 km SW of Atocha, Bolivia · 3292 days ago · 228 km deep · 44 km away · felt by 1
- 4.4129 km SW of Uyuni, Bolivia · 3290 days ago · 224 km deep · 70 km away
- 4.3100 km SW of Atocha, Bolivia · 3279 days ago · 222 km deep · 3 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000a7zv. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 10:32 AM UTC.