Oregon earthquakes

M4.3 earthquake 15 km WNW of Klamath Falls, Oregon

A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck 15 km WNW of Klamath Falls, Oregon on Wed, Jan 19, 1994, 2:27 PM PST (22:27 UTC), -1 km (0 mi) below the surface.

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The earthquake

Magnitude: 4.3 (Md, duration), light
Magnitude from: Pacific Northwest Seismic Network
Local time: Wed, Jan 19, 1994, 2:27 PM PST
UTC: 1994-01-19 22:27:31 UTC
Depth: -0.7 km (-0.4 mi), shallow
Epicenter: 42.286° N, 121.948° 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.	Scale	Computed by	Notes
4.3	Md, duration	Pacific Northwest Seismic Network	Preferred · Final · ±0.05 · 3 stations
4.2	mb, body-wave	USGS National Earthquake Information Center	Reviewed · 3 stations

What happened

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

Slight damage (VI) at Dorris, California. Felt strongly in the Klamath Falls area. Felt (V) at Keno and (IV) at Midland. Felt (III) at Hornbrook, California.

From the USGS event page for uw10334318. 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 0.4 km horizontally, 0.5 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty: ±0.05
Depth from: From location
Station coverage gap: 159°
Stations used: 13

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 195 in the 60 days after this one and 197 in the 30 days before it.

After

The first 60 of 195.

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event uw10334318 (also filed as usp000670c). Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 3:35 PM UTC.