M1.6 earthquake 17 km WSW of Klamath Falls, Oregon
A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 17 km WSW of Klamath Falls, Oregon on Tue, Sep 7, 1982, 11:32 AM PDT (18:32 UTC), 18 km (11 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.4 12 km WSW of Klamath Falls, Oregon. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.6 (md), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 1982-09-07 18:32:02 UTC
- Depth
- 17.6 km (10.9 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 42.152° N, 121.966° W
- Region
- Oregon
- 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 0.3 km horizontally, 0.1 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.18
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 174°
- Stations used
- 4
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 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.026 km E of Tennant, California · 16086 days ago · 1 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.128 km E of Tennant, California · 16079 days ago · -1 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.37 km WSW of Klamath Falls, Oregon · 16063 days ago · -1 km deep · 10 km away
- 2.110 km NNE of McCloud, California · 16057 days ago · 0 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.917 km NE of Carrick, California · 16053 days ago · 1 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.412 km WSW of Klamath Falls, Oregon · 16049 days ago · 5 km deep · 5 km away
- 1.820 km NNE of Hornbrook, California · 16048 days ago · 1 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.910 km ENE of Mount Shasta, California · 16041 days ago · 5 km deep · 92 km away
Before
- 3.222 km ESE of Tennant, California · 16101 days ago · 2 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.615 km NNE of McCloud, California · 16108 days ago · 3 km deep · 85 km away
- 3.016 km W of Macdoel, California · 16117 days ago · 7 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.615 km W of Mount Hebron, California · 16117 days ago · 7 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.815 km W of Mount Hebron, California · 16117 days ago · 7 km deep · 45 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event uw10143033. Read Sat, Sep 26, 2026, 4:41 PM UTC.