M4.3 earthquake 151 km SW of Uyuni, Bolivia
A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck 151 km SW of Uyuni, Bolivia on Fri, Mar 24, 2017, 12:14 PM GMT-3 (15:14 UTC), 182 km (113 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.0 96 km NE 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), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2017-03-24 15:14:27 UTC
- Depth
- 181.8 km (113.0 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 21.522° S, 67.744° 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, 11.9 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.15
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 60°
- Stations used
- 48
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 6 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.466 km SW of Uyuni, Bolivia · 3474 days ago · 202 km deep · 89 km away
- 4.0118 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 3453 days ago · 128 km deep · 67 km away
- 5.096 km NE of Calama, Chile · 3453 days ago · 113 km deep · 68 km away
- 4.5101 km SW of Atocha, Bolivia · 3451 days ago · 214 km deep · 96 km away
- 4.4147 km W of Villazón, Bolivia · 3437 days ago · 168 km deep · 97 km away
- 4.0124 km WSW of Colchani, Bolivia · 3432 days ago · 199 km deep · 90 km away
- 4.5141 km NNE of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile · 3423 days ago · 221 km deep · 29 km away
Before
- 4.0106 km SW of Uyuni, Bolivia · 3479 days ago · 200 km deep · 48 km away
- 5.1108 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 3480 days ago · 125 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 1
- 4.1154 km NE of Calama, Chile · 3483 days ago · 195 km deep · 32 km away
- 4.899 km NE of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile · 3485 days ago · 157 km deep · 88 km away
- 4.5122 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 3486 days ago · 115 km deep · 60 km away
- 4.793 km NE of Calama, Chile · 3496 days ago · 108 km deep · 67 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us20008ub9. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 8:35 PM UTC.