M4.3 earthquake 100 km SW of Atocha, Bolivia
A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck 100 km SW of Atocha, Bolivia on Mon, Oct 9, 2017, 10:19 AM GMT-4 (14:19 UTC), 222 km (138 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.7 118 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
- 4.3 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2017-10-09 14:19:51 UTC
- Depth
- 222.1 km (138.0 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 21.549° S, 66.936° 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 9.0 km horizontally, 8.9 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.19
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 97°
- Stations used
- 27
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 5 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.244 km WSW of Atocha, Bolivia · 3267 days ago · 233 km deep · 67 km away
- 4.4129 km SW of Uyuni, Bolivia · 3242 days ago · 176 km deep · 83 km away
- 4.199 km SW of Uyuni, Bolivia · 3241 days ago · 217 km deep · 67 km away
- 4.7118 km NE of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile · 3235 days ago · 165 km deep · 87 km away
- 4.364 km SW of Atocha, Bolivia · 3230 days ago · 224 km deep · 38 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000b318. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 10:32 AM UTC.