M2.1 earthquake 16 km WNW of Klamath Falls, Oregon
A magnitude 2.1 earthquake struck 16 km WNW of Klamath Falls, Oregon on Sun, May 15, 1994, 9:25 PM PDT (04:25 UTC), 9 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.5 15 km W 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
- 2.1 (Md, duration), micro
- Magnitude from
- Pacific Northwest Seismic Network
- Local time
- UTC
- 1994-05-16 04:25:10 UTC
- Depth
- 9.0 km (5.6 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 42.259° N, 121.971° 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 0.4 km horizontally, 0.6 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.05
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 96°
- Stations used
- 7
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 36 in the 60 days after this one and 28 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.817 km WNW of Klamath Falls, Oregon · 11826 days ago · 8 km deep · 4 km away
- 2.515 km W of Klamath Falls, Oregon · 11825 days ago · 6 km deep · 1 km away
- 1.515 km W of Klamath Falls, Oregon · 11824 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away
- 1.718 km NW of Chiloquin, Oregon · 11824 days ago · 5 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.618 km WNW of Chiloquin, Oregon · 11823 days ago · 8 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.121 km WNW of Klamath Falls, Oregon · 11823 days ago · 8 km deep · 7 km away
- 1.620 km WNW of Klamath Falls, Oregon · 11823 days ago · 8 km deep · 7 km away
- 1.918 km WNW of Klamath Falls, Oregon · 11823 days ago · 7 km deep · 4 km away
- 1.819 km WNW of Klamath Falls, Oregon · 11822 days ago · 5 km deep · 4 km away
- 1.724 km WNW of Klamath Falls, Oregon · 11820 days ago · 4 km deep · 9 km away
- 1.517 km WNW of Klamath Falls, Oregon · 11815 days ago · 6 km deep · 2 km away
- 1.715 km WNW of Klamath Falls, Oregon · 11814 days ago · 8 km deep · 1 km away
- 1.915 km W of Klamath Falls, Oregon · 11814 days ago · 7 km deep · 2 km away
- 1.715 km W of Klamath Falls, Oregon · 11814 days ago · 8 km deep · 2 km away
- 1.825 km WNW of Klamath Falls, Oregon · 11813 days ago · 4 km deep · 10 km away
- 1.528 km NW of Klamath Falls, Oregon · 11809 days ago · 6 km deep · 14 km away
- 2.125 km NW of Klamath Falls, Oregon · 11808 days ago · 7 km deep · 12 km away
- 1.725 km WNW of Klamath Falls, Oregon · 11807 days ago · 2 km deep · 12 km away
- 1.517 km WNW of Klamath Falls, Oregon · 11807 days ago · 8 km deep · 3 km away
- 2.214 km W of Klamath Falls, Oregon · 11806 days ago · 6 km deep · 2 km away
- 2.314 km W of Klamath Falls, Oregon · 11803 days ago · 7 km deep · 2 km away
- 1.515 km WNW of Klamath Falls, Oregon · 11803 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away
- 1.524 km WNW of Klamath Falls, Oregon · 11803 days ago · 5 km deep · 9 km away
- 2.04 km NE of Macdoel, California · 11798 days ago · 3 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.115 km WNW of Klamath Falls, Oregon · 11794 days ago · 4 km deep · 0 km away
- 2.315 km WNW of Klamath Falls, Oregon · 11794 days ago · 5 km deep · 1 km away
- 1.617 km WNW of Klamath Falls, Oregon · 11788 days ago · 6 km deep · 2 km away
- 2.027 km WNW of Klamath Falls, Oregon · 11783 days ago · 2 km deep · 13 km away
- 1.924 km WNW of Klamath Falls, Oregon · 11781 days ago · 7 km deep · 10 km away
- 2.225 km SSW of Chiloquin, Oregon · 11778 days ago · 7 km deep · 15 km away
- 2.523 km WNW of Klamath Falls, Oregon · 11776 days ago · 3 km deep · 8 km away
- 1.515 km WNW of Klamath Falls, Oregon · 11773 days ago · 8 km deep · 1 km away
- 1.7Oregon · 11773 days ago · 8 km deep · 5 km away
- 1.615 km WNW of Klamath Falls, Oregon · 11771 days ago · 9 km deep · 0 km away
- 1.717 km WNW of Klamath Falls, Oregon · 11770 days ago · 9 km deep · 3 km away
- 1.721 km WNW of Klamath Falls, Oregon · 11769 days ago · 4 km deep · 6 km away
Before
- 1.815 km W of Klamath Falls, Oregon · 11827 days ago · 6 km deep · 1 km away
- 1.915 km W of Klamath Falls, Oregon · 11827 days ago · 8 km deep · 2 km away
- 1.715 km WNW of Klamath Falls, Oregon · 11832 days ago · 8 km deep · 1 km away
- 2.615 km W of Klamath Falls, Oregon · 11832 days ago · 7 km deep · 2 km away
- 2.414 km W of Klamath Falls, Oregon · 11832 days ago · 7 km deep · 2 km away
- 1.715 km W of Klamath Falls, Oregon · 11832 days ago · 8 km deep · 2 km away
- 1.715 km W of Klamath Falls, Oregon · 11832 days ago · 8 km deep · 1 km away
- 1.617 km WNW of Klamath Falls, Oregon · 11833 days ago · 7 km deep · 2 km away
- 1.516 km W of Klamath Falls, Oregon · 11833 days ago · 9 km deep · 1 km away
- 2.028 km WNW of Klamath Falls, Oregon · 11839 days ago · 11 km deep · 12 km away
- 2.016 km WNW of Klamath Falls, Oregon · 11840 days ago · 9 km deep · 2 km away
- 1.616 km WNW of Klamath Falls, Oregon · 11842 days ago · 9 km deep · 2 km away
- 2.216 km WNW of Klamath Falls, Oregon · 11842 days ago · 9 km deep · 2 km away
- 1.724 km WNW of Klamath Falls, Oregon · 11842 days ago · 14 km deep · 11 km away
- 1.826 km WNW of Klamath Falls, Oregon · 11843 days ago · 6 km deep · 11 km away
- 1.524 km WNW of Klamath Falls, Oregon · 11843 days ago · 6 km deep · 9 km away
- 1.924 km WNW of Klamath Falls, Oregon · 11844 days ago · 5 km deep · 9 km away
- 1.526 km WNW of Klamath Falls, Oregon · 11844 days ago · 5 km deep · 12 km away
- 1.525 km WNW of Klamath Falls, Oregon · 11846 days ago · 7 km deep · 12 km away
- 1.716 km WNW of Klamath Falls, Oregon · 11846 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away
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