Major earthquakes worldwide in 1987 (M6+)

M6+ earthquakes166

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LargestM7.9Alaska

M7+13

1991–2020 average153

By magnitude

M6.0–6.4106

M6.5–6.947

M7.0–7.913

M8+0

By region

Papua New Guinea18

Indonesia15

Vanuatu15

Philippines12

Chile11

Japan11

Alaska10

Tonga8

Russia6

Ecuador5

Nearby years

198287

1983136

1984133

1985160

1986138

1987 ◀166

1988122

1989137

1990153

1991137

1992178

Largest first

Event	Time (UTC)	Depth	Place
M7.9 1987-11-30	1987-11-30 19:23	10 km	200 km WSW of Yakutat, Alaska
M7.6 1987-03-05	1987-03-05 09:17	62 km	84 km SSE of Antofagasta, Chile
M7.4 1987-02-08	1987-02-08 18:33	55 km	54 km NNW of Finschhafen, Papua New Guinea
M7.4 1987-09-03	1987-09-03 06:40	33 km	Macquarie Island region
M7.4 1987-10-16	1987-10-16 20:48	48 km	54 km W of Kandrian, Papua New Guinea
M7.3 1987-10-06	1987-10-06 04:19	16 km	201 km ENE of Neiafu, Tonga
M7.2 1987-03-06	1987-03-06 04:10	10 km	29 km SSE of Pimampiro, Ecuador
M7.2 1987-08-08	1987-08-08 15:48	70 km	68 km SSE of Arica, Chile
M7.1 1987-06-17	1987-06-17 01:32	67 km	217 km W of Tual, Indonesia
M7.0 1987-01-30	1987-01-30 22:29	48 km	South Sandwich Islands region
M7.0 1987-03-05	1987-03-05 10:55	35 km	98 km SSW of Antofagasta, Chile
M7.0 1987-04-01	1987-04-01 01:48	249 km	52 km W of Abra Pampa, Argentina
M7.0 1987-10-12	1987-10-12 13:57	25 km	163 km SW of Panguna, Papua New Guinea
M6.9 1987-02-23	1987-02-23 15:49	234 km	57 km ENE of Lakatoro, Vanuatu
M6.9 1987-02-27	1987-02-27 08:31	10 km	67 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska
M6.9 1987-04-25	1987-04-25 12:16	107 km	4 km N of Canaoalan, Philippines
M6.9 1987-11-17	1987-11-17 08:46	10 km	Gulf of Alaska
M6.8 1987-01-05	1987-01-05 12:11	33 km	64 km SSW of Nikolski, Alaska
M6.8 1987-01-14	1987-01-14 11:03	102 km	47 km ENE of Shizunai-furukawach?, Japan
M6.8 1987-02-06	1987-02-06 13:16	48 km	72 km E of Iwaki, Japan
M6.8 1987-02-13	1987-02-13 07:18	32 km	136 km W of Ternate, Indonesia
M6.8 1987-02-17	1987-02-17 06:16	10 km	south of the Kermadec Islands
M6.8 1987-05-06	1987-05-06 04:06	20 km	235 km WSW of Adak, Alaska
M6.8 1987-05-07	1987-05-07 03:05	430 km	72 km ENE of Svetlaya, Russia
M6.8 1987-05-18	1987-05-18 03:07	542 km	Sea of Okhotsk
M6.8 1987-09-03	1987-09-03 08:01	33 km	Macquarie Island region
M6.8 1987-09-28	1987-09-28 11:47	31 km	79 km SSW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu
M6.8 1987-10-25	1987-10-25 16:54	33 km	254 km W of Abepura, Indonesia
M6.8 1987-10-29	1987-10-29 20:23	153 km	239 km SE of Pondaguitan, Philippines
M6.7 1987-01-03	1987-01-03 22:04	14 km	92 km E of Port-Olry, Vanuatu
M6.7 1987-03-18	1987-03-18 03:36	54 km	33 km ESE of Takanabe, Japan
M6.7 1987-04-07	1987-04-07 00:40	29 km	71 km E of Namie, Japan
M6.7 1987-04-22	1987-04-22 20:13	30 km	62 km E of Iwaki, Japan
M6.7 1987-05-12	1987-05-12 01:30	25 km	22 km SE of Manay, Philippines
M6.7 1987-07-06	1987-07-06 01:06	10 km	114 km E of Hanga Roa, Chile
M6.7 1987-09-01	1987-09-01 04:26	199 km	88 km WNW of El Aguilar, Argentina
M6.7 1987-11-26	1987-11-26 01:43	33 km	108 km NNW of Pante Makasar, Timor Leste
M6.7 1987-12-17	1987-12-17 02:08	63 km	10 km SW of Mobara, Japan
M6.6 1987-01-09	1987-01-09 06:14	68 km	35 km NW of Miyako, Japan
M6.6 1987-03-19	1987-03-19 22:51	214 km	127 km NW of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga
M6.6 1987-06-27	1987-06-27 00:17	21 km	256 km ESE of Biak, Indonesia
M6.6 1987-07-06	1987-07-06 02:49	48 km	37 km SE of Sola, Vanuatu
M6.6 1987-08-13	1987-08-13 15:23	36 km	36 km SSW of Locumba, Peru
M6.6 1987-09-07	1987-09-07 11:57	33 km	Kermadec Islands region
M6.6 1987-09-28	1987-09-28 13:46	25 km	91 km S of Port-Vila, Vanuatu
M6.6 1987-11-24	1987-11-24 13:15	11 km	The 1987 Superstition Hills, California Earthquake
M6.5 1987-01-09	1987-01-09 08:01	33 km	231 km NW of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga
M6.5 1987-02-10	1987-02-10 00:59	394 km	297 km NW of Haveluloto, Tonga
M6.5 1987-03-02	1987-03-02 01:42	19 km	6 km WNW of Edgecumbe, New Zealand
M6.5 1987-04-29	1987-04-29 14:27	385 km	Fiji region
M6.5 1987-05-06	1987-05-06 12:39	20 km	157 km SSE of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea
M6.5 1987-05-11	1987-05-11 09:59	94 km	269 km SE of Pondaguitan, Philippines
M6.5 1987-06-06	1987-06-06 18:40	14 km	42 km SE of Sulangan, Philippines
M6.5 1987-06-21	1987-06-21 05:46	34 km	88 km SE of False Pass, Alaska
M6.5 1987-06-24	1987-06-24 03:30	33 km	Vanuatu region
M6.5 1987-07-08	1987-07-08 11:50	10 km	127 km E of Hanga Roa, Chile
M6.5 1987-08-15	1987-08-15 18:04	37 km	50 km NNW of Vallenar, Chile
M6.5 1987-09-30	1987-09-30 01:39	51 km	66 km SW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu
M6.5 1987-10-06	1987-10-06 20:11	34 km	89 km E of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia
M6.5 1987-11-17	1987-11-17 03:40	76 km	4 km S of Chichigalpa, Nicaragua
M6.4 1987-01-29	1987-01-29 02:43	48 km	138 km WNW of Ternate, Indonesia
M6.4 1987-02-06	1987-02-06 12:23	36 km	80 km E of Iwaki, Japan
M6.4 1987-02-11	1987-02-11 07:56	24 km	25 km N of Norsup, Vanuatu
M6.4 1987-03-06	1987-03-06 01:54	14 km	49 km SE of Pimampiro, Ecuador
M6.4 1987-03-21	1987-03-21 10:41	93 km	65 km WNW of Adak, Alaska
M6.4 1987-04-08	1987-04-08 17:42	56 km	11 km SSW of El Rosario, Nicaragua
M6.4 1987-04-25	1987-04-25 19:22	11 km	45 km S of Tomok Bolon, Indonesia
M6.4 1987-07-10	1987-07-10 18:49	33 km	226 km ESE of Ust’-Kamchatsk Staryy, Russia
M6.4 1987-09-22	1987-09-22 13:43	10 km	26 km W of Tena, Ecuador
M6.4 1987-10-03	1987-10-03 10:16	74 km	193 km W of Tual, Indonesia
M6.4 1987-10-27	1987-10-27 21:58	604 km	8 km SSE of Colonia Dora, Argentina
M6.4 1987-11-18	1987-11-18 16:27	22 km	34 km N of Bugko, Philippines
M6.4 1987-12-04	1987-12-04 19:51	145 km	118 km WNW of Panguna, Papua New Guinea
M6.4 1987-12-12	1987-12-12 04:51	164 km	Izu Islands, Japan region
M6.3 1987-01-03	1987-01-03 16:30	5 km	189 km SW of Lorengau, Papua New Guinea
M6.3 1987-01-04	1987-01-04 17:52	10 km	229 km S of Punta de Burica, Panama
M6.3 1987-04-09	1987-04-09 00:48	45 km	71 km SE of Tobelo, Indonesia
M6.3 1987-05-18	1987-05-18 01:53	50 km	45 km SSE of Koh?ma, India
M6.3 1987-05-18	1987-05-18 07:27	16 km	12 km ENE of Busdi, Philippines
M6.3 1987-06-07	1987-06-07 05:49	15 km	63 km W of Basco, Philippines
M6.3 1987-06-09	1987-06-09 06:19	54 km	81 km WSW of Kandrian, Papua New Guinea
M6.3 1987-06-18	1987-06-18 14:03	73 km	52 km ESE of Kirakira, Solomon Islands
M6.3 1987-09-04	1987-09-04 04:27	33 km	155 km S of Severo-Kuril’sk, Russia
M6.3 1987-10-08	1987-10-08 03:20	40 km	132 km E of Pangai, Tonga
M6.3 1987-10-25	1987-10-25 16:46	12 km	28 km SSE of Jinka, Ethiopia
M6.3 1987-11-28	1987-11-28 04:03	34 km	181 km S of Tondano, Indonesia
M6.3 1987-12-07	1987-12-07 12:26	48 km	31 km NNW of Sola, Vanuatu
M6.2 1987-01-03	1987-01-03 15:35	5 km	191 km SW of Lorengau, Papua New Guinea
M6.2 1987-01-24	1987-01-24 08:09	29 km	89 km WNW of Aksu, China
M6.2 1987-02-07	1987-02-07 11:57	27 km	84 km N of Finschhafen, Papua New Guinea
M6.2 1987-02-08	1987-02-08 17:48	17 km	126 km NW of Ternate, Indonesia
M6.2 1987-02-16	1987-02-16 17:28	25 km	133 km W of Ternate, Indonesia
M6.2 1987-02-18	1987-02-18 00:00	33 km	194 km WSW of Adak, Alaska
M6.2 1987-02-23	1987-02-23 02:43	27 km	South Sandwich Islands region
M6.2 1987-03-02	1987-03-02 05:57	10 km	southeast Indian Ridge
M6.2 1987-03-06	1987-03-06 09:39	46 km	61 km SSE of Antofagasta, Chile
M6.2 1987-03-13	1987-03-13 08:21	32 km	south of the Fiji Islands
M6.2 1987-03-22	1987-03-22 02:49	20 km	79 km SSE of Atka, Alaska
M6.2 1987-03-26	1987-03-26 16:17	191 km	41 km WNW of Sola, Vanuatu
M6.2 1987-05-05	1987-05-05 10:50	10 km	central Mid-Atlantic Ridge

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Magnitudes and locations are USGS values and can differ from national agencies. Older records are less complete and less precise.