Oregon earthquakes

M1.6 earthquake Oregon

A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck in Oregon on Tue, Aug 30, 1994, 9:28 AM PDT (16:28 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M1.8 21 km WNW of Klamath Falls, Oregon. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.6 (md), micro
Local time
UTC
1994-08-30 16:28:36 UTC
Depth
5.1 km (3.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter
42.362° N, 122.041° 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, 0.7 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.04
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
148°
Stations used
5

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 13 in the 60 days after this one and 11 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.821 km WNW of Klamath Falls, Oregon · 11709 days ago · 6 km deep · 7 km away
  2. 1.717 km WNW of Klamath Falls, Oregon · 11708 days ago · 7 km deep · 10 km away
  3. 1.514 km WNW of Klamath Falls, Oregon · 11707 days ago · 6 km deep · 13 km away
  4. 1.714 km WNW of Klamath Falls, Oregon · 11707 days ago · 6 km deep · 13 km away
  5. 1.818 km WNW of Klamath Falls, Oregon · 11705 days ago · 7 km deep · 10 km away
  6. 1.718 km WNW of Klamath Falls, Oregon · 11702 days ago · 7 km deep · 11 km away
  7. 2.215 km W of Klamath Falls, Oregon · 11698 days ago · 5 km deep · 15 km away
  8. 1.716 km WNW of Klamath Falls, Oregon · 11697 days ago · 8 km deep · 11 km away
  9. 1.824 km WNW of Klamath Falls, Oregon · 11689 days ago · 5 km deep · 3 km away
  10. 2.427 km SW of Chiloquin, Oregon · 11680 days ago · 3 km deep · 2 km away
  11. 1.811 km WNW of Klamath Falls, Oregon · 11677 days ago · -2 km deep · 15 km away
  12. 1.617 km WNW of Klamath Falls, Oregon · 11669 days ago · 9 km deep · 10 km away
  13. 1.716 km WNW of Klamath Falls, Oregon · 11661 days ago · 9 km deep · 11 km away

Before

  1. 1.927 km WNW of Klamath Falls, Oregon · 11721 days ago · 2 km deep · 3 km away
  2. 1.926 km WNW of Klamath Falls, Oregon · 11721 days ago · 4 km deep · 3 km away
  3. 2.026 km WNW of Klamath Falls, Oregon · 11722 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away
  4. 1.715 km WNW of Klamath Falls, Oregon · 11734 days ago · 8 km deep · 12 km away
  5. 1.817 km WNW of Klamath Falls, Oregon · 11734 days ago · 6 km deep · 10 km away
  6. 1.715 km W of Klamath Falls, Oregon · 11734 days ago · 8 km deep · 14 km away
  7. 2.514 km WNW of Klamath Falls, Oregon · 11735 days ago · 2 km deep · 12 km away
  8. 2.224 km WNW of Klamath Falls, Oregon · 11737 days ago · 6 km deep · 4 km away
  9. 1.525 km WNW of Klamath Falls, Oregon · 11738 days ago · 4 km deep · 2 km away
  10. 1.524 km WNW of Klamath Falls, Oregon · 11739 days ago · 5 km deep · 6 km away
  11. 2.0Oregon · 11740 days ago · 4 km deep · 5 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event uw10359458. Read Wed, Sep 23, 2026, 7:15 PM UTC.