Oregon earthquakes

M1.7 earthquake 17 km WNW of Klamath Falls, Oregon

A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 17 km WNW of Klamath Falls, Oregon on Sat, Sep 3, 1994, 9:44 PM PDT (04:44 UTC), 7 km (4 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.0 15 km W of Klamath Falls, Oregon. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.7 (md), micro
Local time
UTC
1994-09-04 04:44:07 UTC
Depth
7.0 km (4.4 mi), shallow
Epicenter
42.285° N, 121.977° 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 0.8 km horizontally, 0.9 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.05
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
82°
Stations used
9

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 12 in the 60 days after this one and 10 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.514 km WNW of Klamath Falls, Oregon · 11714 days ago · 6 km deep · 3 km away
  2. 1.714 km WNW of Klamath Falls, Oregon · 11714 days ago · 6 km deep · 3 km away
  3. 1.818 km WNW of Klamath Falls, Oregon · 11711 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away
  4. 1.718 km WNW of Klamath Falls, Oregon · 11709 days ago · 7 km deep · 2 km away
  5. 2.215 km W of Klamath Falls, Oregon · 11705 days ago · 5 km deep · 5 km away
  6. 1.716 km WNW of Klamath Falls, Oregon · 11704 days ago · 8 km deep · 1 km away
  7. 1.824 km WNW of Klamath Falls, Oregon · 11696 days ago · 5 km deep · 7 km away
  8. 2.427 km SW of Chiloquin, Oregon · 11687 days ago · 3 km deep · 12 km away
  9. 1.811 km WNW of Klamath Falls, Oregon · 11684 days ago · -2 km deep · 6 km away
  10. 1.617 km WNW of Klamath Falls, Oregon · 11676 days ago · 9 km deep · 0 km away
  11. 1.716 km WNW of Klamath Falls, Oregon · 11667 days ago · 9 km deep · 1 km away
  12. 3.015 km W of Klamath Falls, Oregon · 11657 days ago · 5 km deep · 4 km away

Before

  1. 1.821 km WNW of Klamath Falls, Oregon · 11715 days ago · 6 km deep · 4 km away
  2. 1.6Oregon · 11719 days ago · 5 km deep · 10 km away
  3. 1.927 km WNW of Klamath Falls, Oregon · 11728 days ago · 2 km deep · 10 km away
  4. 1.926 km WNW of Klamath Falls, Oregon · 11728 days ago · 4 km deep · 9 km away
  5. 2.026 km WNW of Klamath Falls, Oregon · 11729 days ago · 7 km deep · 10 km away
  6. 1.715 km WNW of Klamath Falls, Oregon · 11741 days ago · 8 km deep · 2 km away
  7. 1.817 km WNW of Klamath Falls, Oregon · 11741 days ago · 6 km deep · 1 km away
  8. 1.715 km W of Klamath Falls, Oregon · 11741 days ago · 8 km deep · 4 km away
  9. 2.514 km WNW of Klamath Falls, Oregon · 11742 days ago · 2 km deep · 4 km away
  10. 2.224 km WNW of Klamath Falls, Oregon · 11744 days ago · 6 km deep · 7 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event uw10349063. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 3:06 PM UTC.