M3.8 earthquake 21 km WNW of Klamath Falls, Oregon
A magnitude 3.8 earthquake struck 21 km WNW of Klamath Falls, Oregon on Mon, Sep 20, 1993, 9:34 PM PDT (04:34 UTC), -1 km (0 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M6.0 27 km WNW 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
- 3.8 (md), minor
- Local time
- UTC
- 1993-09-21 04:34:05 UTC
- Depth
- -0.7 km (-0.4 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 42.295° N, 122.029° 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 0.9 km horizontally, 1.3 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.08
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 129°
- Stations used
- 17
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 197 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.719 km WNW of Klamath Falls, Oregon · 12055 days ago · 9 km deep · 3 km away
- 2.223 km WNW of Klamath Falls, Oregon · 12055 days ago · -1 km deep · 1 km away
- 2.710 km WSW of Mount Hebron, California · 12055 days ago · 2 km deep · 60 km away
- 3.223 km SW of Chiloquin, Oregon · 12055 days ago · -2 km deep · 15 km away
- 2.918 km WNW of Klamath Falls, Oregon · 12055 days ago · 5 km deep · 4 km away
- 2.920 km WNW of Klamath Falls, Oregon · 12055 days ago · 5 km deep · 3 km away
- 3.219 km NW of Klamath Falls, Oregon · 12055 days ago · -1 km deep · 8 km away
- 2.725 km NW of Klamath Falls, OR · 12055 days ago · -2 km deep · 8 km away
- 6.027 km WNW of Klamath Falls, Oregon · 12055 days ago · 9 km deep · 7 km away
- 3.3Oregon · 12055 days ago · 8 km deep · 11 km away
- 2.823 km SSW of Chiloquin, Oregon · 12055 days ago · 2 km deep · 12 km away
- 4.325 km SW of Chiloquin, Oregon · 12055 days ago · -2 km deep · 10 km away
- 2.521 km SW of Chiloquin, Oregon · 12055 days ago · -2 km deep · 15 km away
- 2.927 km NW of Klamath Falls, Oregon · 12055 days ago · 8 km deep · 8 km away
- 2.022 km SW of Chiloquin, Oregon · 12055 days ago · -2 km deep · 15 km away
- 2.429 km WNW of Klamath Falls, Oregon · 12055 days ago · 10 km deep · 9 km away
- 3.027 km SW of Chiloquin, Oregon · 12055 days ago · 4 km deep · 12 km away
- 2.5Oregon · 12055 days ago · 2 km deep · 10 km away
- 2.922 km WNW of Klamath Falls, Oregon · 12055 days ago · -1 km deep · 2 km away
- 2.424 km SSW of Chiloquin, Oregon · 12055 days ago · -2 km deep · 10 km away
- 3.115 km NW of Klamath Falls, Oregon · 12055 days ago · -2 km deep · 9 km away
- 2.627 km WNW of Klamath Falls, Oregon · 12055 days ago · 3 km deep · 6 km away
- 2.3Oregon · 12055 days ago · -2 km deep · 12 km away
- 2.421 km SW of Chiloquin, Oregon · 12055 days ago · 1 km deep · 15 km away
- 3.426 km SW of Chiloquin, Oregon · 12055 days ago · 7 km deep · 13 km away
- 2.120 km NW of Klamath Falls, Oregon · 12055 days ago · -2 km deep · 9 km away
- 2.420 km SW of Chiloquin, Oregon · 12055 days ago · -2 km deep · 19 km away
- 2.129 km SW of Chiloquin, Oregon · 12055 days ago · 7 km deep · 12 km away
- 2.521 km SW of Chiloquin, Oregon · 12055 days ago · 6 km deep · 16 km away
- 3.026 km W of Klamath Falls, Oregon · 12055 days ago · 5 km deep · 7 km away
- 2.918 km SW of Chiloquin, Oregon · 12055 days ago · -2 km deep · 21 km away
- 2.521 km SW of Chiloquin, Oregon · 12055 days ago · -2 km deep · 18 km away
- 2.619 km WNW of Klamath Falls, Oregon · 12055 days ago · 4 km deep · 4 km away
- 2.629 km SW of Chiloquin, Oregon · 12055 days ago · 3 km deep · 10 km away
- 2.916 km SW of Mount Hebron, California · 12055 days ago · 3 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.726 km SW of Chiloquin, Oregon · 12055 days ago · -2 km deep · 11 km away
- 2.822 km WNW of Klamath Falls, Oregon · 12055 days ago · 5 km deep · 2 km away
- 2.419 km W of Klamath Falls, Oregon · 12055 days ago · 2 km deep · 4 km away
- 2.130 km SW of Chiloquin, Oregon · 12055 days ago · -2 km deep · 15 km away
- 2.8Oregon · 12055 days ago · 3 km deep · 2 km away
- 2.621 km WNW of Klamath Falls, Oregon · 12055 days ago · 4 km deep · 3 km away
- 2.927 km WNW of Klamath Falls, Oregon · 12055 days ago · 5 km deep · 5 km away
- 2.121 km SW of Chiloquin, OR · 12054 days ago · -2 km deep · 15 km away
- 2.413 km NW of Macdoel, California · 12054 days ago · 3 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.127 km NW of Klamath Falls, Oregon · 12054 days ago · -2 km deep · 8 km away
- 2.629 km WNW of Klamath Falls, Oregon · 12054 days ago · 2 km deep · 7 km away
- 2.726 km SW of Chiloquin, Oregon · 12054 days ago · 11 km deep · 12 km away
- 1.922 km WNW of Klamath Falls, Oregon · 12054 days ago · -2 km deep · 1 km away
- 2.929 km WNW of Klamath Falls, Oregon · 12054 days ago · 5 km deep · 8 km away
- 2.420 km WNW of Klamath Falls, Oregon · 12054 days ago · 7 km deep · 2 km away
- 2.319 km WNW of Klamath Falls, Oregon · 12054 days ago · -1 km deep · 2 km away
- 1.925 km W of Chiloquin, Oregon · 12054 days ago · -2 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.536 km SE of Butte Falls, Oregon · 12054 days ago · 5 km deep · 16 km away
- 2.017 km SSW of Chiloquin, Oregon · 12054 days ago · -2 km deep · 17 km away
- 3.031 km W of Klamath Falls, Oregon · 12054 days ago · 5 km deep · 15 km away
- 2.419 km WNW of Klamath Falls, Oregon · 12054 days ago · 5 km deep · 2 km away
- 2.418 km WNW of Klamath Falls, Oregon · 12054 days ago · 7 km deep · 3 km away
- 2.520 km WNW of Klamath Falls, Oregon · 12054 days ago · 0 km deep · 2 km away
- 3.220 km WNW of Klamath Falls, Oregon · 12054 days ago · 1 km deep · 2 km away
- 3.221 km WNW of Klamath Falls, Oregon · 12054 days ago · 10 km deep · 1 km away
The first 60 of 197.
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event uw10313783 (also filed as usp00060qt). Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 9:38 PM UTC.