M4.4 earthquake 78 km SW of Atocha, Bolivia
A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 78 km SW of Atocha, Bolivia on Wed, Jan 17, 2024, 12:19 AM GMT-4 (04:19 UTC), 213 km (132 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.7 70 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
- 2024-01-17 04:19:40 UTC
- Depth
- 212.8 km (132.2 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 21.421° S, 66.771° 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 6.4 km horizontally, 8.2 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.20
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 51°
- Stations used
- 26
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 4 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.161 km E of Ollagüe, Chile · 978 days ago · 228 km deep · 94 km away
- 4.770 km SW of Atocha, Bolivia · 976 days ago · 223 km deep · 13 km away
- 4.176 km SW of Uyuni, Bolivia · 948 days ago · 185 km deep · 83 km away
- 4.233 km SSE of Uyuni, Bolivia · 932 days ago · 238 km deep · 76 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000m44s. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 11:36 PM UTC.