M1.5 earthquake 15 km WNW of Klamath Falls, Oregon
A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 15 km WNW of Klamath Falls, Oregon on Fri, Jul 8, 1994, 5:42 PM PDT (00:42 UTC), 8 km (5 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.5 14 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
- 1.5 (Md, duration), micro
- Magnitude from
- Pacific Northwest Seismic Network
- Local time
- UTC
- 1994-07-09 00:42:21 UTC
- Depth
- 8.5 km (5.3 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 42.263° N, 121.965° 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 0.2 km horizontally, 0.4 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.03
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 92°
- Stations used
- 6
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 26 in the 60 days after this one and 8 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.7Oregon · 11772 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 · 11769 days ago · 9 km deep · 2 km away
- 1.721 km WNW of Klamath Falls, Oregon · 11769 days ago · 4 km deep · 6 km away
- 1.716 km WNW of Klamath Falls, Oregon · 11763 days ago · 8 km deep · 1 km away
- 1.725 km NW of Klamath Falls, Oregon · 11762 days ago · 7 km deep · 12 km away
- 1.924 km WNW of Klamath Falls, Oregon · 11758 days ago · 4 km deep · 9 km away
- 2.015 km W of Klamath Falls, Oregon · 11758 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away
- 1.524 km WNW of Klamath Falls, Oregon · 11752 days ago · 7 km deep · 9 km away
- 1.824 km WNW of Klamath Falls, Oregon · 11751 days ago · 4 km deep · 9 km away
- 2.0Oregon · 11747 days ago · 4 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.524 km WNW of Klamath Falls, Oregon · 11747 days ago · 5 km deep · 9 km away
- 1.525 km WNW of Klamath Falls, Oregon · 11746 days ago · 4 km deep · 11 km away
- 2.224 km WNW of Klamath Falls, Oregon · 11744 days ago · 6 km deep · 10 km away
- 2.514 km WNW of Klamath Falls, Oregon · 11742 days ago · 2 km deep · 4 km away
- 1.715 km W of Klamath Falls, Oregon · 11742 days ago · 8 km deep · 2 km away
- 1.817 km WNW of Klamath Falls, Oregon · 11742 days ago · 6 km deep · 3 km away
- 1.715 km WNW of Klamath Falls, Oregon · 11741 days ago · 8 km deep · 0 km away
- 2.026 km WNW of Klamath Falls, Oregon · 11729 days ago · 7 km deep · 13 km away
- 1.926 km WNW of Klamath Falls, Oregon · 11729 days ago · 4 km deep · 12 km away
- 1.927 km WNW of Klamath Falls, Oregon · 11729 days ago · 2 km deep · 13 km away
- 1.6Oregon · 11720 days ago · 5 km deep · 13 km away
- 1.821 km WNW of Klamath Falls, Oregon · 11716 days ago · 6 km deep · 6 km away
- 1.717 km WNW of Klamath Falls, Oregon · 11715 days ago · 7 km deep · 3 km away
- 1.514 km WNW of Klamath Falls, Oregon · 11714 days ago · 6 km deep · 2 km away
- 1.714 km WNW of Klamath Falls, Oregon · 11714 days ago · 6 km deep · 2 km away
Before
- 2.523 km WNW of Klamath Falls, Oregon · 11776 days ago · 3 km deep · 8 km away
- 2.225 km SSW of Chiloquin, Oregon · 11777 days ago · 7 km deep · 15 km away
- 1.924 km WNW of Klamath Falls, Oregon · 11780 days ago · 7 km deep · 10 km away
- 2.027 km WNW of Klamath Falls, Oregon · 11782 days ago · 2 km deep · 13 km away
- 1.617 km WNW of Klamath Falls, Oregon · 11787 days ago · 6 km deep · 2 km away
- 2.315 km WNW of Klamath Falls, Oregon · 11793 days ago · 5 km deep · 1 km away
- 2.115 km WNW of Klamath Falls, Oregon · 11794 days ago · 4 km deep · 1 km away
- 2.04 km NE of Macdoel, California · 11797 days ago · 3 km deep · 46 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event uw10347243. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 7:28 AM UTC.