M4.9 earthquake 53 km SW of Atocha, Bolivia
A magnitude 4.9 earthquake struck 53 km SW of Atocha, Bolivia on Tue, Sep 26, 2017, 1:44 AM GMT-4 (05:44 UTC), 228 km (141 mi) below the surface.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.9 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2017-09-26 05:44:33 UTC
- Depth
- 227.6 km (141.4 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 21.292° S, 66.566° W
- Region
- Bolivia
- Felt reports
- 1
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
1 person reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was II, weak shaking.
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 7.1 km horizontally, 6.2 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.03
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 26°
- Stations used
- 130
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.9 and up: 3 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.3100 km SW of Atocha, Bolivia · 3279 days ago · 222 km deep · 48 km away
- 4.244 km WSW of Atocha, Bolivia · 3267 days ago · 233 km deep · 32 km away
- 4.199 km SW of Uyuni, Bolivia · 3241 days ago · 217 km deep · 91 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000auv3. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 10:32 AM UTC.