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India earthquakes in 1987

36 earthquakes of magnitude 4.5 or more were located in India in 1987. The largest: M6.3 45 km SSE of Koh?ma, India, May 18, 1987.

From the USGS catalog. Times are local to each quake.

19861988

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Where every quake of 1987 was located in India. Select one for its page.

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Every quake of 1987

Magnitude 4.5 and up, newest first.

The largest

The 25 largest of 1987 in India.

Month by month

Counted by UTC date, which is how the catalog files them.

MonthQuakesLargestWhere
January 198734.950 km NNE of Bomdila, India
February 19870
March 198725.1Arunachal Pradesh, India
April 198744.910 km ENE of Amarw?ra, India
May 198736.345 km SSE of Koh?ma, India
June 198734.922 km WNW of P?palkoti, India
July 198744.865 km NE of Bomdila, India
August 198724.7142 km NNE of Josh?math, India
September 198785.119 km WNW of Bok?kh?t, India
October 198724.752 km E of Bomdila, India
November 198715.2Andaman Islands, India region
December 198744.949 km SW of Bok?kh?t, India

What this means

The catalog is only as complete as the instruments of the time. Worldwide coverage of magnitude 5 and up dates from the 1960s, and of 4.5 from the 1990s; earlier years hold the large quakes and the ones near a station, so a low count in an early year means fewer instruments, not a quiet earth.

By year

Every year the USGS catalog covers.

Nearby

India nowWorldwide in 1987

Sources

Earthquakes, magnitudes, depths, shaking estimates and felt reports from the U.S. Geological Survey Earthquake Hazards Program, read from its live feeds and its catalog back to 1900. Tsunami messages from NOAA’s tsunami warning centers.