M4.3 earthquake 30 km W of Colchani, Bolivia
A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck 30 km W of Colchani, Bolivia on Wed, Mar 14, 2018, 1:49 AM GMT-4 (05:49 UTC), 202 km (126 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.6 9 km SSE of Colchani, 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
- 2018-03-14 05:49:13 UTC
- Depth
- 202.4 km (125.8 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 20.266° S, 67.226° 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 8.8 km horizontally, 11.2 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.18
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 38°
- Stations used
- 44
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 0 in the 30 days before it.
After
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us1000d469. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 7:19 AM UTC.