Earthquake archive

1987 Earthquakes

Name: 1987 Earthquakes (M4.5+)
Creator: QuakeGlobe
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1,714 magnitude-4.5+ earthquakes were recorded worldwide in 1987, the largest a M7.9 near 200 km WSW of Yakutat, Alaska.

← 1986 1988 →

Total M4.5+

1,714

M6+

173

M7+ (major)

M8+ (great)

Largest

M7.9

Tsunami-flagged

Largest earthquakes of 1987

The 100 strongest recorded events, ranked by magnitude.

17.9
200 km WSW of Yakutat, Alaska
November 30, 1987 · 10 km deep
27.6
84 km SSE of Antofagasta, Chile
March 5, 1987 · 62 km deep
37.4
54 km W of Kandrian, Papua New Guinea
October 16, 1987 · 48 km deep
47.4
Macquarie Island region
September 3, 1987 · 33 km deep
57.4
54 km NNW of Finschhafen, Papua New Guinea
February 8, 1987 · 55 km deep
67.3
201 km ENE of Neiafu, Tonga
October 6, 1987 · 16 km deep
77.2
68 km SSE of Arica, Chile
August 8, 1987 · 70 km deep
87.2
29 km SSE of Pimampiro, Ecuador
March 6, 1987 · 10 km deep
97.1
217 km W of Tual, Indonesia
June 17, 1987 · 67 km deep
107.0
163 km SW of Panguna, Papua New Guinea
October 12, 1987 · 25 km deep
117.0
52 km W of Abra Pampa, Argentina
April 1, 1987 · 249 km deep
127.0
98 km SSW of Antofagasta, Chile
March 5, 1987 · 35 km deep
137.0
South Sandwich Islands region
January 30, 1987 · 48 km deep
146.9
Gulf of Alaska
November 17, 1987 · 10 km deep
156.9
4 km N of Canaoalan, Philippines
April 25, 1987 · 107 km deep
166.9
67 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska
February 27, 1987 · 10 km deep
176.9
57 km ENE of Lakatoro, Vanuatu
February 23, 1987 · 234 km deep
186.8
239 km SE of Pondaguitan, Philippines
October 29, 1987 · 153 km deep
196.8
254 km W of Abepura, Indonesia
October 25, 1987 · 33 km deep
206.8
79 km SSW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu
September 28, 1987 · 31 km deep
216.8
Macquarie Island region
September 3, 1987 · 33 km deep
226.8
Sea of Okhotsk
May 18, 1987 · 542 km deep
236.8
72 km ENE of Svetlaya, Russia
May 7, 1987 · 430 km deep
246.8
235 km WSW of Adak, Alaska
May 6, 1987 · 20 km deep
256.8
south of the Kermadec Islands
February 17, 1987 · 10 km deep
266.8
136 km W of Ternate, Indonesia
February 13, 1987 · 32 km deep
276.8
72 km E of Iwaki, Japan
February 6, 1987 · 48 km deep
286.8
47 km ENE of Shizunai-furukawach?, Japan
January 14, 1987 · 102 km deep
296.8
64 km SSW of Nikolski, Alaska
January 5, 1987 · 33 km deep
306.7
10 km SW of Mobara, Japan
December 17, 1987 · 63 km deep
316.7
108 km NNW of Pante Makasar, Timor Leste
November 26, 1987 · 33 km deep
326.7
88 km WNW of El Aguilar, Argentina
September 1, 1987 · 199 km deep
336.7
114 km E of Hanga Roa, Chile
July 6, 1987 · 10 km deep
346.7
22 km SE of Manay, Philippines
May 12, 1987 · 25 km deep
356.7
62 km E of Iwaki, Japan
April 22, 1987 · 30 km deep
366.7
71 km E of Namie, Japan
April 7, 1987 · 29 km deep
376.7
33 km ESE of Takanabe, Japan
March 18, 1987 · 54 km deep
386.7
92 km E of Port-Olry, Vanuatu
January 3, 1987 · 15 km deep
396.6
The 1987 Superstition Hills, California Earthquake
November 24, 1987 · 11 km deep
406.6
91 km S of Port-Vila, Vanuatu
September 28, 1987 · 25 km deep
416.6
Kermadec Islands region
September 7, 1987 · 33 km deep
426.6
36 km SSW of Locumba, Peru
August 13, 1987 · 37 km deep
436.6
37 km SE of Sola, Vanuatu
July 6, 1987 · 48 km deep
446.6
256 km ESE of Biak, Indonesia
June 27, 1987 · 21 km deep
456.6
127 km NW of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga
March 19, 1987 · 214 km deep
466.6
35 km NW of Miyako, Japan
January 9, 1987 · 68 km deep
476.5
4 km S of Chichigalpa, Nicaragua
November 17, 1987 · 76 km deep
486.5
89 km E of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia
October 6, 1987 · 34 km deep
496.5
66 km SW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu
September 30, 1987 · 51 km deep
506.5
50 km NNW of Vallenar, Chile
August 15, 1987 · 37 km deep
516.5
127 km E of Hanga Roa, Chile
July 8, 1987 · 10 km deep
526.5
Vanuatu region
June 24, 1987 · 33 km deep
536.5
88 km SE of False Pass, Alaska
June 21, 1987 · 34 km deep
546.5
42 km SE of Sulangan, Philippines
June 6, 1987 · 14 km deep
556.5
269 km SE of Pondaguitan, Philippines
May 11, 1987 · 94 km deep
566.5
157 km SSE of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea
May 6, 1987 · 20 km deep
576.5
Fiji region
April 29, 1987 · 385 km deep
586.5
6 km WNW of Edgecumbe, New Zealand
March 2, 1987 · 19 km deep
596.5
297 km NW of Haveluloto, Tonga
February 10, 1987 · 395 km deep
606.5
231 km NW of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga
January 9, 1987 · 33 km deep
616.4
Izu Islands, Japan region
December 12, 1987 · 164 km deep
626.4
118 km WNW of Panguna, Papua New Guinea
December 4, 1987 · 145 km deep
636.4
34 km N of Bugko, Philippines
November 18, 1987 · 22 km deep
646.4
8 km SSE of Colonia Dora, Argentina
October 27, 1987 · 605 km deep
656.4
193 km W of Tual, Indonesia
October 3, 1987 · 74 km deep
666.4
26 km W of Tena, Ecuador
September 22, 1987 · 10 km deep
676.4
226 km ESE of Ust’-Kamchatsk Staryy, Russia
July 10, 1987 · 33 km deep
686.4
45 km S of Tomok Bolon, Indonesia
April 25, 1987 · 11 km deep
696.4
11 km SSW of El Rosario, Nicaragua
April 8, 1987 · 56 km deep
706.4
65 km WNW of Adak, Alaska
March 21, 1987 · 93 km deep
716.4
49 km SE of Pimampiro, Ecuador
March 6, 1987 · 14 km deep
726.4
25 km N of Norsup, Vanuatu
February 11, 1987 · 24 km deep
736.4
80 km E of Iwaki, Japan
February 6, 1987 · 36 km deep
746.4
138 km WNW of Ternate, Indonesia
January 29, 1987 · 48 km deep
756.3
31 km NNW of Sola, Vanuatu
December 7, 1987 · 48 km deep
766.3
181 km S of Tondano, Indonesia
November 28, 1987 · 34 km deep
776.3
28 km SSE of Jinka, Ethiopia
October 25, 1987 · 12 km deep
786.3
132 km E of Pangai, Tonga
October 8, 1987 · 40 km deep
796.3
155 km S of Severo-Kuril’sk, Russia
September 4, 1987 · 33 km deep
806.3
52 km ESE of Kirakira, Solomon Islands
June 18, 1987 · 73 km deep
816.3
81 km WSW of Kandrian, Papua New Guinea
June 9, 1987 · 54 km deep
826.3
63 km W of Basco, Philippines
June 7, 1987 · 15 km deep
836.3
12 km ENE of Busdi, Philippines
May 18, 1987 · 16 km deep
846.3
45 km SSE of Koh?ma, India
May 18, 1987 · 50 km deep
856.3
71 km SE of Tobelo, Indonesia
April 9, 1987 · 45 km deep
866.3
229 km S of Punta de Burica, Panama
January 4, 1987 · 10 km deep
876.3
189 km SW of Lorengau, Papua New Guinea
January 3, 1987 · 5 km deep
886.2
36 km NNW of Sola, Vanuatu
December 7, 1987 · 33 km deep
896.2
80 km ESE of Lakatoro, Vanuatu
November 27, 1987 · 29 km deep
906.2
80 km ESE of Lakatoro, Vanuatu
November 26, 1987 · 18 km deep
916.2
The 1987 Elmore Ranch, California Earthquake
November 24, 1987 · 11 km deep
926.2
Revilla Gigedo Islands region
November 14, 1987 · 33 km deep
936.2
93 km SSE of Pondaguitan, Philippines
November 7, 1987 · 80 km deep
946.2
138 km S of Hihifo, Tonga
November 3, 1987 · 88 km deep
956.2
Kermadec Islands region
November 1, 1987 · 60 km deep
966.2
42 km SW of La Cruz, Costa Rica
October 4, 1987 · 48 km deep
976.2
western Indian-Antarctic Ridge
September 23, 1987 · 10 km deep
986.2
off the coast of Ecuador
July 17, 1987 · 10 km deep
996.2
2 km NNW of San Pedro Coxcaltepec Cántaros, Mexico
July 15, 1987 · 67 km deep
1006.2
25 km WSW of Subtanjalla, Peru
June 27, 1987 · 61 km deep