Earthquakes in January 1987
Events per day
Strongest earthquakes
- 7.0
M7.0 earthquake - South Sandwich Islands region
48 km deep
Extreme - 6.8
M6.8 earthquake near Memuro-minami, Hokkaido
102 km deep
Major - 6.8
M6.8 earthquake - 64 km SSW of Nikolski, Alaska
33 km deep
Major - 6.7
M6.7 earthquake - 92 km E of Port-Olry, Vanuatu
15 km deep
Major - 6.6
M6.6 earthquake near Kuji, Iwate
68 km deep
Major - 6.5
M6.5 earthquake - 231 km NW of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga
33 km deep
Major - 6.4
M6.4 earthquake near Bitung, North Sulawesi
48 km deep
Major - 6.3
M6.3 earthquake - 229 km S of Punta de Burica, Panama
10 km deep
Major - 6.3
M6.3 earthquake - 189 km SW of Lorengau, Papua New Guinea
5 km deep
Major - 6.2
M6.2 earthquake near Wensu, Xinjiang
29 km deep
Major - 6.2
M6.2 earthquake - 191 km SW of Lorengau, Papua New Guinea
5 km deep
Major - 6.0
M6.0 earthquake - southern East Pacific Rise
10 km deep
Major - 6.0
M6.0 earthquake - 179 km WSW of Bahía Solano, Colombia
10 km deep
Major