Oregon earthquakes

M3.7 earthquake 22 km NW of Klamath Falls, Oregon

A magnitude 3.7 earthquake struck 22 km NW of Klamath Falls, Oregon on Fri, Sep 24, 1993, 9:53 AM PDT (16:53 UTC), -1 km (-1 mi) below the surface.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
3.7 (Md, duration), minor
Magnitude from
Pacific Northwest Seismic Network
Local time
UTC
1993-09-24 16:53:30 UTC
Depth
-1.4 km (-0.9 mi), shallow
Epicenter
42.372° N, 121.975° W
Region
Oregon
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

Magnitude estimates

Different scales measure different things and differ by a few tenths. The USGS marks one as preferred, and it is the one this page uses.

Mag.ScaleComputed byNotes
3.7Md, durationPacific Northwest Seismic NetworkPreferred · Final · ±0.03 · 15 stations
4.0mb, body-waveUSGS National Earthquake Information CenterReviewed · 3 stations

What happened

The USGS’s account of the effects of this earthquake.

Felt (IV) at Dairy and (III) at Keno. Also felt at Klamath Falls, Oregon and Tulelake, California.

From the USGS event page for uw10316363. U.S. Geological Survey text and figures are in the public domain.

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 2.4 km horizontally, 0.8 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.03
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
184°, poorly surrounded by stations
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: 85 in the 60 days after this one and 128 in the 30 days before it.

After

The first 60 of 85.

Before

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event uw10316363 (also filed as usp00060z9). Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 2:30 PM UTC.