Oregon earthquakes

M1.6 earthquake 18 km W of Klamath Falls, Oregon

A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 18 km W of Klamath Falls, Oregon on Sun, Dec 5, 1993, 8:50 AM PST (16:50 UTC), 2 km (1 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.3 12 km WNW of Klamath Falls, Oregon. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.6 (md), micro
Local time
UTC
1993-12-05 16:50:29 UTC
Depth
2.3 km (1.5 mi), shallow
Epicenter
42.255° N, 121.999° 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 1.0 km horizontally, 0.6 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.05
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
261°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used
3

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 200 in the 60 days after this one and 84 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.120 km WNW of Klamath Falls, Oregon · 11985 days ago · 2 km deep · 3 km away
  2. 1.916 km W of Klamath Falls, Oregon · 11985 days ago · 1 km deep · 3 km away
  3. 2.716 km W of Klamath Falls, Oregon · 11985 days ago · 2 km deep · 1 km away
  4. 1.719 km WNW of Klamath Falls, Oregon · 11985 days ago · 6 km deep · 1 km away
  5. 1.520 km WNW of Klamath Falls, Oregon · 11985 days ago · 2 km deep · 4 km away
  6. 1.820 km WNW of Klamath Falls, Oregon · 11985 days ago · 3 km deep · 2 km away
  7. 1.819 km WNW of Klamath Falls, Oregon · 11985 days ago · 2 km deep · 2 km away
  8. 1.723 km WNW of Klamath Falls, Oregon · 11985 days ago · 4 km deep · 8 km away
  9. 2.715 km WNW of Klamath Falls, Oregon · 11984 days ago · 2 km deep · 4 km away
  10. 2.413 km WNW of Klamath Falls, Oregon · 11984 days ago · -2 km deep · 5 km away
  11. 1.913 km WNW of Klamath Falls, Oregon · 11984 days ago · 3 km deep · 6 km away
  12. 1.614 km W of Klamath Falls, Oregon · 11984 days ago · -2 km deep · 4 km away
  13. 2.012 km WNW of Klamath Falls, Oregon · 11984 days ago · -2 km deep · 6 km away
  14. 1.918 km WNW of Klamath Falls, Oregon · 11984 days ago · 3 km deep · 2 km away
  15. 1.819 km WNW of Klamath Falls, Oregon · 11984 days ago · 2 km deep · 2 km away
  16. 1.714 km W of Klamath Falls, Oregon · 11984 days ago · 5 km deep · 4 km away
  17. 2.311 km WNW of Klamath Falls, Oregon · 11984 days ago · -2 km deep · 7 km away
  18. 2.714 km W of Klamath Falls, Oregon · 11984 days ago · 5 km deep · 4 km away
  19. 1.912 km WNW of Klamath Falls, Oregon · 11984 days ago · 3 km deep · 6 km away
  20. 2.813 km WNW of Klamath Falls, Oregon · 11984 days ago · 1 km deep · 6 km away
  21. 2.113 km WNW of Klamath Falls, Oregon · 11984 days ago · 1 km deep · 5 km away
  22. 1.625 km NW of Klamath Falls, Oregon · 11984 days ago · 8 km deep · 11 km away
  23. 2.412 km WNW of Klamath Falls, Oregon · 11984 days ago · 2 km deep · 6 km away
  24. 1.613 km WNW of Klamath Falls, Oregon · 11984 days ago · 2 km deep · 6 km away
  25. 2.318 km WNW of Klamath Falls, Oregon · 11983 days ago · 2 km deep · 3 km away
  26. 1.710 km WNW of Klamath Falls, Oregon · 11983 days ago · 2 km deep · 8 km away
  27. 1.513 km W of Klamath Falls, Oregon · 11983 days ago · 5 km deep · 5 km away
  28. 1.718 km WNW of Klamath Falls, Oregon · 11983 days ago · 4 km deep · 1 km away
  29. 1.510 km W of Klamath Falls, Oregon · 11983 days ago · 4 km deep · 7 km away
  30. 1.716 km W of Klamath Falls, Oregon · 11983 days ago · 2 km deep · 4 km away
  31. 1.810 km W of Klamath Falls, Oregon · 11983 days ago · 4 km deep · 8 km away
  32. 1.511 km W of Klamath Falls, Oregon · 11983 days ago · 2 km deep · 7 km away
  33. 1.912 km WNW of Klamath Falls, Oregon · 11983 days ago · -2 km deep · 6 km away
  34. 2.411 km WNW of Klamath Falls, Oregon · 11983 days ago · 0 km deep · 7 km away
  35. 2.216 km WNW of Klamath Falls, Oregon · 11983 days ago · 7 km deep · 3 km away
  36. 2.212 km WNW of Klamath Falls, Oregon · 11983 days ago · 1 km deep · 6 km away
  37. 1.8Oregon · 11983 days ago · 4 km deep · 3 km away
  38. 2.413 km WNW of Klamath Falls, Oregon · 11982 days ago · 2 km deep · 6 km away
  39. 1.69 km W of Klamath Falls, Oregon · 11982 days ago · 6 km deep · 9 km away
  40. 2.412 km WNW of Klamath Falls, Oregon · 11982 days ago · -1 km deep · 7 km away
  41. 2.211 km WNW of Klamath Falls, Oregon · 11982 days ago · 3 km deep · 7 km away
  42. 1.912 km WNW of Klamath Falls, Oregon · 11982 days ago · 2 km deep · 6 km away
  43. 2.112 km WNW of Klamath Falls, Oregon · 11982 days ago · 2 km deep · 7 km away
  44. 1.99 km WNW of Klamath Falls, Oregon · 11982 days ago · 2 km deep · 9 km away
  45. 1.613 km WNW of Klamath Falls, Oregon · 11982 days ago · 3 km deep · 5 km away
  46. 1.912 km WNW of Klamath Falls, Oregon · 11982 days ago · 4 km deep · 6 km away
  47. 2.125 km WNW of Klamath Falls, Oregon · 11982 days ago · 6 km deep · 11 km away
  48. 2.015 km WNW of Klamath Falls, Oregon · 11982 days ago · 6 km deep · 3 km away
  49. 1.611 km WNW of Klamath Falls, Oregon · 11982 days ago · 5 km deep · 7 km away
  50. 2.412 km WNW of Klamath Falls, Oregon · 11982 days ago · 1 km deep · 7 km away
  51. 2.012 km WNW of Klamath Falls, Oregon · 11982 days ago · 1 km deep · 7 km away
  52. 1.517 km WNW of Klamath Falls, Oregon · 11982 days ago · 5 km deep · 1 km away
  53. 1.811 km WNW of Klamath Falls, Oregon · 11982 days ago · 2 km deep · 7 km away
  54. 1.820 km WNW of Klamath Falls, Oregon · 11982 days ago · 5 km deep · 6 km away
  55. 1.816 km W of Klamath Falls, Oregon · 11982 days ago · 8 km deep · 2 km away
  56. 1.625 km SW of Chiloquin, Oregon · 11982 days ago · 9 km deep · 15 km away
  57. 1.610 km NW of Klamath Falls, Oregon · 11982 days ago · -2 km deep · 12 km away
  58. 1.613 km WNW of Klamath Falls, Oregon · 11981 days ago · 2 km deep · 6 km away
  59. 2.125 km WNW of Klamath Falls, Oregon · 11981 days ago · 3 km deep · 9 km away
  60. 1.516 km WNW of Klamath Falls, Oregon · 11980 days ago · 2 km deep · 6 km away

The first 60 of 200.

Before

  1. 2.920 km WNW of Klamath Falls, Oregon · 11985 days ago · 1 km deep · 3 km away
  2. 1.916 km W of Klamath Falls, Oregon · 11985 days ago · 5 km deep · 2 km away
  3. 2.617 km WNW of Klamath Falls, Oregon · 11985 days ago · 3 km deep · 1 km away
  4. 3.022 km WNW of Klamath Falls, Oregon · 11985 days ago · 1 km deep · 6 km away
  5. 2.316 km W of Klamath Falls, Oregon · 11985 days ago · 2 km deep · 2 km away
  6. 1.814 km W of Klamath Falls, Oregon · 11985 days ago · 4 km deep · 4 km away
  7. 1.823 km WNW of Klamath Falls, Oregon · 11985 days ago · 4 km deep · 7 km away
  8. 2.519 km WNW of Klamath Falls, Oregon · 11985 days ago · 2 km deep · 3 km away
  9. 2.121 km WNW of Klamath Falls, Oregon · 11985 days ago · 1 km deep · 4 km away
  10. 1.919 km WNW of Klamath Falls, Oregon · 11985 days ago · 3 km deep · 2 km away
  11. 2.220 km WNW of Klamath Falls, Oregon · 11985 days ago · 3 km deep · 2 km away
  12. 1.919 km WNW of Klamath Falls, Oregon · 11985 days ago · 3 km deep · 2 km away
  13. 1.517 km W of Klamath Falls, Oregon · 11985 days ago · 4 km deep · 2 km away
  14. 2.821 km WNW of Klamath Falls, Oregon · 11985 days ago · 1 km deep · 5 km away
  15. 1.715 km W of Klamath Falls, Oregon · 11985 days ago · 5 km deep · 3 km away
  16. 2.120 km WNW of Klamath Falls, Oregon · 11985 days ago · 2 km deep · 4 km away
  17. 2.620 km WNW of Klamath Falls, Oregon · 11985 days ago · -1 km deep · 4 km away
  18. 1.821 km WNW of Klamath Falls, Oregon · 11985 days ago · 4 km deep · 5 km away
  19. 2.113 km WNW of Klamath Falls, Oregon · 11985 days ago · -1 km deep · 5 km away
  20. 1.717 km WNW of Klamath Falls, Oregon · 11985 days ago · 7 km deep · 4 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event uw10320213. Read Mon, Sep 28, 2026, 2:13 PM UTC.