Oregon earthquakes

M3.0 earthquake 15 km W of Klamath Falls, Oregon

A magnitude 3.0 earthquake struck 15 km W of Klamath Falls, Oregon on Mon, Oct 31, 1994, 7:02 PM PST (03:02 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.9 24 km SW of Chiloquin, Oregon. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
3.0 (md), minor
Local time
UTC
1994-11-01 03:02:24 UTC
Depth
5.3 km (3.3 mi), shallow
Epicenter
42.246° N, 121.964° 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 0.5 km horizontally, 1.0 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.06
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
104°
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: 32 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.6Oregon · 11645 days ago · 4 km deep · 7 km away
  2. 1.921 km WNW of Klamath Falls, Oregon · 11645 days ago · 4 km deep · 7 km away
  3. 1.720 km WNW of Klamath Falls, Oregon · 11645 days ago · 2 km deep · 7 km away
  4. 1.627 km NW of Klamath Falls, Oregon · 11641 days ago · 3 km deep · 15 km away
  5. 3.924 km SW of Chiloquin, Oregon · 11638 days ago · -2 km deep · 18 km away
  6. 1.826 km NW of Klamath Falls, Oregon · 11638 days ago · 4 km deep · 15 km away
  7. 1.625 km SSW of Chiloquin, Oregon · 11638 days ago · 7 km deep · 16 km away
  8. 1.626 km SW of Chiloquin, Oregon · 11638 days ago · 4 km deep · 17 km away
  9. 1.726 km SSW of Chiloquin, Oregon · 11638 days ago · 5 km deep · 16 km away
  10. 2.226 km NW of Klamath Falls, Oregon · 11638 days ago · 7 km deep · 15 km away
  11. 1.527 km NW of Klamath Falls, Oregon · 11638 days ago · 5 km deep · 15 km away
  12. 1.726 km SSW of Chiloquin, Oregon · 11638 days ago · 6 km deep · 16 km away
  13. 1.526 km SW of Chiloquin, Oregon · 11637 days ago · 2 km deep · 17 km away
  14. 2.026 km SW of Chiloquin, Oregon · 11637 days ago · 2 km deep · 16 km away
  15. 2.526 km SSW of Chiloquin, Oregon · 11637 days ago · 5 km deep · 16 km away
  16. 2.027 km NW of Klamath Falls, Oregon · 11637 days ago · 4 km deep · 16 km away
  17. 1.627 km NW of Klamath Falls, Oregon · 11637 days ago · 4 km deep · 15 km away
  18. 1.625 km SSW of Chiloquin, Oregon · 11636 days ago · 7 km deep · 17 km away
  19. 2.426 km SSW of Chiloquin, Oregon · 11636 days ago · 5 km deep · 15 km away
  20. 1.8Oregon · 11634 days ago · 6 km deep · 18 km away
  21. 2.126 km NW of Klamath Falls, Oregon · 11630 days ago · 6 km deep · 14 km away
  22. 1.614 km NNE of McCloud, California · 11625 days ago · -2 km deep · 98 km away
  23. 1.816 km WNW of Klamath Falls, Oregon · 11622 days ago · 9 km deep · 2 km away
  24. 1.516 km WNW of Klamath Falls, Oregon · 11621 days ago · 9 km deep · 2 km away
  25. 1.620 km WNW of Klamath Falls, Oregon · 11617 days ago · 3 km deep · 6 km away
  26. 1.720 km WNW of Klamath Falls, Oregon · 11617 days ago · 2 km deep · 6 km away
  27. 1.520 km WNW of Klamath Falls, Oregon · 11617 days ago · 2 km deep · 6 km away
  28. 1.83 km NNE of Macdoel, California · 11607 days ago · 7 km deep · 44 km away
  29. 1.726 km WNW of Klamath Falls, Oregon · 11598 days ago · 6 km deep · 14 km away
  30. 2.333 km ENE of Prospect, Oregon · 11597 days ago · 0 km deep · 72 km away
  31. 2.635 km ENE of Prospect, Oregon · 11597 days ago · -1 km deep · 74 km away
  32. 2.434 km ENE of Prospect, Oregon · 11597 days ago · 0 km deep · 73 km away

Before

  1. 1.716 km WNW of Klamath Falls, Oregon · 11666 days ago · 9 km deep · 4 km away
  2. 1.617 km WNW of Klamath Falls, Oregon · 11674 days ago · 9 km deep · 4 km away
  3. 1.811 km WNW of Klamath Falls, Oregon · 11683 days ago · -2 km deep · 5 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event uw10353418 (also filed as usp0006mzk). Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 12:34 AM UTC.