M4.3 earthquake 33 km SW of Atocha, Bolivia
A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck 33 km SW of Atocha, Bolivia on Mon, Apr 9, 2018, 12:04 AM GMT-4 (04:04 UTC), 236 km (147 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.4 94 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
- 4.3 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2018-04-09 04:04:37 UTC
- Depth
- 236.0 km (146.6 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 21.171° S, 66.429° 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 7.5 km horizontally, 7.1 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.07
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 37°
- Stations used
- 131
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 2 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.020 km E of Uyuni, Bolivia · 3071 days ago · 310 km deep · 83 km away
- 4.494 km SW of Atocha, Bolivia · 3047 days ago · 254 km deep · 62 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000dwqy. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 6:28 PM UTC.