M1.8 earthquake 17 km WNW of Klamath Falls, Oregon
A magnitude 1.8 earthquake struck 17 km WNW of Klamath Falls, Oregon on Mon, Aug 8, 1994, 12:00 PM PDT (19:00 UTC), 6 km (4 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.4 27 km SW of Chiloquin, Oregon. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.8 (md), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 1994-08-08 19:00:41 UTC
- Depth
- 5.9 km (3.7 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 42.284° N, 121.984° 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, 0.3 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.05
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 77°
- 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: 16 in the 60 days after this one and 15 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.715 km WNW of Klamath Falls, Oregon · 11740 days ago · 8 km deep · 3 km away
- 2.026 km WNW of Klamath Falls, Oregon · 11728 days ago · 7 km deep · 10 km away
- 1.926 km WNW of Klamath Falls, Oregon · 11728 days ago · 4 km deep · 9 km away
- 1.927 km WNW of Klamath Falls, Oregon · 11728 days ago · 2 km deep · 10 km away
- 1.6Oregon · 11719 days ago · 5 km deep · 10 km away
- 1.821 km WNW of Klamath Falls, Oregon · 11715 days ago · 6 km deep · 3 km away
- 1.717 km WNW of Klamath Falls, Oregon · 11714 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away
- 1.514 km WNW of Klamath Falls, Oregon · 11713 days ago · 6 km deep · 3 km away
- 1.714 km WNW of Klamath Falls, Oregon · 11713 days ago · 6 km deep · 4 km away
- 1.818 km WNW of Klamath Falls, Oregon · 11711 days ago · 7 km deep · 0 km away
- 1.718 km WNW of Klamath Falls, Oregon · 11709 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away
- 2.215 km W of Klamath Falls, Oregon · 11705 days ago · 5 km deep · 5 km away
- 1.716 km WNW of Klamath Falls, Oregon · 11704 days ago · 8 km deep · 2 km away
- 1.824 km WNW of Klamath Falls, Oregon · 11695 days ago · 5 km deep · 7 km away
- 2.427 km SW of Chiloquin, Oregon · 11686 days ago · 3 km deep · 11 km away
- 1.811 km WNW of Klamath Falls, Oregon · 11684 days ago · -2 km deep · 6 km away
Before
- 1.715 km W of Klamath Falls, Oregon · 11741 days ago · 8 km deep · 4 km away
- 2.514 km WNW of Klamath Falls, Oregon · 11741 days ago · 2 km deep · 5 km away
- 2.224 km WNW of Klamath Falls, Oregon · 11743 days ago · 6 km deep · 7 km away
- 1.525 km WNW of Klamath Falls, Oregon · 11745 days ago · 4 km deep · 8 km away
- 1.524 km WNW of Klamath Falls, Oregon · 11746 days ago · 5 km deep · 7 km away
- 2.0Oregon · 11746 days ago · 4 km deep · 14 km away
- 1.824 km WNW of Klamath Falls, Oregon · 11750 days ago · 4 km deep · 7 km away
- 1.524 km WNW of Klamath Falls, Oregon · 11750 days ago · 7 km deep · 6 km away
- 2.015 km W of Klamath Falls, Oregon · 11757 days ago · 7 km deep · 4 km away
- 1.924 km WNW of Klamath Falls, Oregon · 11757 days ago · 4 km deep · 6 km away
- 1.725 km NW of Klamath Falls, Oregon · 11761 days ago · 7 km deep · 9 km away
- 1.716 km WNW of Klamath Falls, Oregon · 11762 days ago · 8 km deep · 2 km away
- 1.721 km WNW of Klamath Falls, Oregon · 11768 days ago · 4 km deep · 4 km away
- 1.717 km WNW of Klamath Falls, Oregon · 11768 days ago · 9 km deep · 1 km away
- 1.615 km WNW of Klamath Falls, Oregon · 11770 days ago · 9 km deep · 3 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event uw10349178. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 5:40 AM UTC.