M4.4 earthquake 147 km W of Villazón, Bolivia
A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 147 km W of Villazón, Bolivia on Thu, May 4, 2017, 12:28 AM GMT-4 (04:28 UTC), 168 km (104 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.7 88 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
- 4.4 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2017-05-04 04:28:42 UTC
- Depth
- 167.9 km (104.3 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 22.085° S, 67.022° 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 7.8 km horizontally, 6.0 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.07
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 44°
- Stations used
- 108
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 8 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.696 km SW of Atocha, Bolivia · 3428 days ago · 213 km deep · 55 km away
- 4.5141 km NNE of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile · 3424 days ago · 221 km deep · 72 km away
- 4.068 km NNE of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile · 3410 days ago · 172 km deep · 97 km away
- 4.292 km NE of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile · 3402 days ago · 186 km deep · 64 km away
- 4.788 km SW of Atocha, Bolivia · 3395 days ago · 216 km deep · 66 km away
- 4.356 km WNW of Abra Pampa, Argentina · 3394 days ago · 276 km deep · 97 km away
- 4.3104 km SW of Atocha, Bolivia · 3388 days ago · 261 km deep · 65 km away
- 4.0122 km SSW of Uyuni, Bolivia · 3381 days ago · 200 km deep · 79 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10008p54. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 12:15 PM UTC.