# Earthquakes Shake Region

- Place: La Paz, Bolivia (-16.4897, -68.1193)
- Published: 2026-11-05T00:10:30.077Z · expires 2026-11-12T00:10:30.077Z
- Floors (The Arena): none
- Page: https://emergencemachine.com/brief/769
- AI-written summary of the sources below; check them.

A light magnitude 3.5 earthquake struck 178 km south of Oruro on Wednesday morning, per volcanodiscovery.com.

The quake was followed by a series of smaller tremors including a magnitude 2.9 event southwest of Potosi and a 3.1 temblor in the Potosi department, according to recent reports from volcanodiscovery.com.

Bolivia's new president is heading to Madrid on an economic mission, as reported by latintimes.com, while the country deals with these seismic events.

No major aftershocks or casualties have been reported so far.

## Sources

- [Light mag. 3.5 earthquake - 178 km south of Oruro, Oruro, Bolivia, on Wednesday, Nov 4, 2026, at 06:38 am (La Paz time)](https://www.volcanodiscovery.com/earthquakes/quake-info/23606043/mag3quake-Nov-4-2026-Southern-Bolivia.html) · volcanodiscovery.com · 2026-11-04
- [Weak mag. 2.9 earthquake - 283 km southwest of Potosi, Departamento de Potosi, Bolivia, on Tuesday, Nov 3, 2026, at 11:58 am (La Paz time)](https://www.volcanodiscovery.com/earthquakes/quake-info/23581568/mag2quake-Nov-3-2026-Potosi-Bolivia.html) · volcanodiscovery.com · 2026-11-03
- [Bolivia’s Coca Dilemma: Tradition, Trafficking, and the Push for Tougher Laws](https://latinamericanpost.com/business-and-finance/bolivias-coca-dilemma-tradition-trafficking-and-the-push-for-tougher-laws/) · latinamericanpost.com · 2026-11-03
- [Bolivia Halloween](https://www.bdtonline.com/sports/pro_sports/bolivia-halloween/image_86848e84-b0a0-5e50-852a-a6e28c9a342f.html) · bdtonline.com · 2026-11-03
- [Light mag. 3.1 earthquake - Departamento de Potosi, Bolivia, on Tuesday, Nov 3, 2026, at 02:31 pm (La Paz time)](https://www.volcanodiscovery.com/earthquakes/quake-info/23585761/mag3quake-Nov-3-2026-Potosi-Bolivia.html) · volcanodiscovery.com · 2026-11-03
- [Bolivia's new president heads to Madrid on a high-stakes economic mission](https://www.latintimes.com/bolivias-new-president-courts-european-investors-madrids-ibero-american-summit-600829) · latintimes.com · 2026-11-03
- [Bolivia Day of the Dead](https://www.daytondailynews.com/nation-world/bolivia-day-of-the-dead/image_5c8e52ca-f85b-5450-9838-413a8fad4c39.html) · daytondailynews.com · 2026-11-02
- [APTOPIX Bolivia Day of the Dead](https://www.goshennews.com/news/national_news/aptopix-bolivia-day-of-the-dead/image_41ef9e5a-d55e-5d17-b7c6-6476441f0ade.html) · goshennews.com · 2026-11-02

## Open data shown on the globe

- M4.3 earthquake · USGS · plate boundaries: Bird 2003: 107 km deep · 2 d ago · 9 quakes nearby this week · check: https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/map/?extent=-23.5,-77.1&extent=-9.5,-59.1&range=week