M4.3 earthquake 108 km WSW of Colchani, Bolivia
A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck 108 km WSW of Colchani, Bolivia on Wed, Dec 6, 2017, 3:26 AM GMT-3 (06:26 UTC), 166 km (103 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.5 148 km N of Calama, 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
- 2017-12-06 06:26:54 UTC
- Depth
- 166.1 km (103.2 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 20.778° S, 67.839° 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 4.8 km horizontally, 14.2 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.20
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 64°
- Stations used
- 37
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 3 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.2152 km SW of Uyuni, Bolivia · 3221 days ago · 190 km deep · 59 km away
- 4.5148 km N of Calama, Chile · 3207 days ago · 138 km deep · 99 km away
- 4.3131 km WSW of Colchani, Bolivia · 3176 days ago · 211 km deep · 28 km away
Before
- 4.2135 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 3235 days ago · 133 km deep · 91 km away
- 4.199 km SW of Uyuni, Bolivia · 3242 days ago · 217 km deep · 60 km away
- 4.4129 km SW of Uyuni, Bolivia · 3243 days ago · 176 km deep · 60 km away
- 4.0155 km N of Calama, Chile · 3247 days ago · 134 km deep · 89 km away
- 4.5146 km N of Calama, Chile · 3250 days ago · 107 km deep · 95 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us1000bmng. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 1:30 AM UTC.