M4.0 earthquake 106 km SW of Uyuni, Bolivia
A magnitude 4.0 earthquake struck 106 km SW of Uyuni, Bolivia on Wed, Mar 22, 2017, 5:29 PM GMT-4 (21:29 UTC), 200 km (124 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.5 101 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
- 4.0 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2017-03-22 21:29:12 UTC
- Depth
- 199.7 km (124.1 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 21.123° S, 67.568° 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 8.5 km horizontally, 10.7 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.21
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 74°
- Stations used
- 46
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 6 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.3151 km SW of Uyuni, Bolivia · 3477 days ago · 182 km deep · 48 km away
- 4.466 km SW of Uyuni, Bolivia · 3474 days ago · 202 km deep · 41 km away
- 4.0118 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 3453 days ago · 128 km deep · 95 km away
- 4.5101 km SW of Atocha, Bolivia · 3451 days ago · 214 km deep · 97 km away
- 4.0124 km WSW of Colchani, Bolivia · 3432 days ago · 199 km deep · 62 km away
- 4.5141 km NNE of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile · 3423 days ago · 221 km deep · 70 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us20008twf. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 10:18 PM UTC.