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Japan earthquakes in 1987

275 earthquakes of magnitude 4.5 or more were located in Japan in 1987. The largest: M6.8 72 km E of Iwaki, Japan, Feb 6, 1987.

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

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

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Every quake of 1987

Magnitude 4.5 and up, newest first.

  1. 4.920 km W of ?zu, Japan · 65 km deep
  2. 4.9178 km SSE of Tateyama, Japan · 78 km deep
  3. 4.6104 km E of Miyako, Japan · 52 km deep
  4. 4.8Volcano Islands, Japan region · 33 km deep
  5. 4.5eastern Honshu, Japan · 22 km deep
  6. 4.53 km NNW of Seto, Japan · 304 km deep
  7. 5.1Volcano Islands, Japan region · 33 km deep
  8. 4.518 km E of ?hara, Japan · 39 km deep
  9. 6.710 km SW of Mobara, Japan · 63 km deep
  10. 4.5Volcano Islands, Japan region · 33 km deep
  11. 6.0Volcano Islands, Japan region · 39 km deep
  12. 5.3Izu Islands, Japan region · 459 km deep
  13. 4.519 km E of Atami, Japan · 45 km deep
  14. 4.515 km SSW of Kainan, Japan · 22 km deep
  15. 6.4Izu Islands, Japan region · 164 km deep
  16. 4.6Izu Islands, Japan region · 490 km deep
  17. 4.719 km N of Sumoto, Japan · 400 km deep
  18. 4.985 km SE of Kushiro, Japan · 47 km deep
  19. 4.8114 km E of Namie, Japan · 42 km deep
  20. 4.813 km SE of Miura, Japan · 51 km deep
  21. 4.6Bonin Islands, Japan region · 473 km deep
  22. 5.2Volcano Islands, Japan region · 74 km deep
  23. 4.6158 km WNW of Kamiiso, Japan · 120 km deep
  24. 5.0Volcano Islands, Japan region · 33 km deep
  25. 5.7Volcano Islands, Japan region · 41 km deep
  26. 5.172 km NNW of Ishigaki, Japan · 116 km deep
  27. 4.93 km N of Yamaguchi, Japan · 25 km deep
  28. 4.8173 km S of ?yama, Japan · 288 km deep
  29. 4.787 km NE of Naze, Japan · 55 km deep
  30. 4.89 km NNW of Ny?zen, Japan · 245 km deep
  31. 5.041 km ESE of Namie, Japan · 57 km deep
  32. 4.7188 km SSE of Shing?, Japan · 446 km deep
  33. 4.6132 km S of Koshima, Japan · 33 km deep
  34. 4.5Bonin Islands, Japan region · 33 km deep
  35. 4.7149 km N of Nago, Japan · 188 km deep
  36. 5.261 km SSE of Koshima, Japan · 22 km deep
  37. 5.0Bonin Islands, Japan region · 41 km deep
  38. 5.0148 km S of Kushiro, Japan · 39 km deep
  39. 4.895 km ENE of Nago, Japan · 50 km deep
  40. 4.944 km NE of Yonakuni, Japan · 107 km deep
  41. 5.111 km NW of Hadano, Japan · 54 km deep
  42. 5.4217 km SE of Shing?, Japan · 361 km deep
  43. 5.1121 km WNW of Shimokizukuri, Japan · 22 km deep
  44. 4.532 km ESE of Tomakomai, Japan · 33 km deep
  45. 4.563 km SE of Naze, Japan · 33 km deep
  46. 4.610 km N of Inashiki, Japan · 80 km deep
  47. 5.18 km S of Ashibetsu, Japan · 182 km deep
  48. 5.193 km S of Naze, Japan · 32 km deep
  49. 4.8Volcano Islands, Japan region · 33 km deep
  50. 4.774 km SSE of ?funato, Japan · 55 km deep
  51. 5.757 km ESE of Namie, Japan · 43 km deep
  52. 4.7Volcano Islands, Japan region · 256 km deep
  53. 5.8Bonin Islands, Japan region · 464 km deep
  54. 5.953 km ESE of Kitaibaraki, Japan · 42 km deep
  55. 4.968 km ENE of Mutsu, Japan · 74 km deep
  56. 4.7176 km SE of Shizunai-furukawach?, Japan · 33 km deep
  57. 4.849 km S of Hirara, Japan · 52 km deep
  58. 5.6Izu Islands, Japan region · 171 km deep
  59. 4.611 km NNE of Iiyama, Japan · 28 km deep
  60. 4.5247 km E of Yamada, Japan · 33 km deep
  61. 5.5239 km E of Yamada, Japan · 34 km deep
  62. 5.0120 km SE of Itoman, Japan · 33 km deep
  63. 4.578 km ESE of Nishinoomote, Japan · 33 km deep
  64. 4.6Volcano Islands, Japan region · 33 km deep
  65. 4.6196 km SSE of Tateyama, Japan · 85 km deep
  66. 4.85 km NNE of Shiroi, Japan · 80 km deep
  67. 5.162 km ENE of Nishinoomote, Japan · 51 km deep
  68. 5.026 km E of Yonakuni, Japan · 79 km deep
  69. 5.0Izu Islands, Japan region · 60 km deep
  70. 4.7172 km E of Namie, Japan · 39 km deep
  71. 4.928 km ENE of Nemuro, Japan · 78 km deep
  72. 4.629 km ESE of Morioka, Japan · 91 km deep
  73. 4.9Bonin Islands, Japan region · 33 km deep
  74. 4.7Volcano Islands, Japan region · 116 km deep
  75. 4.8116 km E of Iwaki, Japan · 33 km deep
  76. 4.851 km ESE of Namie, Japan · 57 km deep
  77. 4.968 km ESE of Iwaki, Japan · 53 km deep
  78. 4.515 km WSW of Hakuba, Japan · 205 km deep
  79. 4.944 km ESE of Yonakuni, Japan · 62 km deep
  80. 4.562 km ENE of Mutsu, Japan · 70 km deep
  81. 4.867 km ESE of Mutsu, Japan · 75 km deep
  82. 4.741 km S of Shizunai-furukawach?, Japan · 72 km deep
  83. 4.8Volcano Islands, Japan region · 183 km deep
  84. 4.722 km SE of Nobeoka, Japan · 54 km deep
  85. 4.8Izu Islands, Japan region · 33 km deep
  86. 5.022 km ENE of Mutsu, Japan · 116 km deep
  87. 4.742 km ESE of Koseda, Japan · 56 km deep
  88. 5.2230 km SSE of Shimoda, Japan · 149 km deep
  89. 4.551 km N of Miyazu, Japan · 40 km deep
  90. 4.5101 km S of Koshima, Japan · 33 km deep
  91. 4.719 km WSW of Hachinohe, Japan · 97 km deep
  92. 5.0Izu Islands, Japan region · 502 km deep
  93. 4.7Izu Islands, Japan region · 494 km deep
  94. 5.9171 km S of ?yama, Japan · 310 km deep
  95. 5.094 km S of Yudomari, Japan · 49 km deep
  96. 4.7178 km SSE of Koshima, Japan · 33 km deep
  97. 5.7108 km S of Koshima, Japan · 51 km deep
  98. 4.6Izu Islands, Japan region · 479 km deep
  99. 4.83 km NNW of Ishige, Japan · 66 km deep
  100. 5.6159 km E of Iwaki, Japan · 39 km deep
  101. 4.63 km W of Sakura, Japan · 81 km deep
  102. 4.866 km ESE of Namie, Japan · 44 km deep
  103. 5.0201 km SSE of Tateyama, Japan · 60 km deep
  104. 4.846 km SE of Koseda, Japan · 51 km deep
  105. 4.6117 km ESE of Namie, Japan · 33 km deep
  106. 5.87 km S of Makurazaki, Japan · 168 km deep
  107. 5.2east of the Kuril Islands · 31 km deep
  108. 4.672 km ESE of Namie, Japan · 64 km deep
  109. 5.06 km NNE of Ishige, Japan · 70 km deep
  110. 4.853 km WNW of Yonakuni, Japan · 122 km deep
  111. 5.0108 km E of Mutsu, Japan · 60 km deep
  112. 4.9Izu Islands, Japan region · 435 km deep
  113. 5.1111 km S of Yudomari, Japan · 57 km deep
  114. 5.2off the east coast of Honshu, Japan · 21 km deep
  115. 5.1137 km SE of Shizunai-furukawach?, Japan · 38 km deep
  116. 5.1243 km S of Ishigaki, Japan · 15 km deep
  117. 4.720 km WSW of Shizunai-furukawach?, Japan · 55 km deep
  118. 4.8101 km ESE of Yamada, Japan · 50 km deep
  119. 4.87 km SW of Inawashiro, Japan · 37 km deep
  120. 4.64 km SE of Chiba, Japan · 74 km deep
  121. 4.883 km SSW of Hirara, Japan · 31 km deep
  122. 4.5187 km E of Miyako, Japan · 33 km deep
  123. 5.575 km E of Miyako, Japan · 59 km deep
  124. 4.784 km E of Miyako, Japan · 48 km deep
  125. 4.714 km NE of Mutsu, Japan · 123 km deep
  126. 4.639 km ESE of Iwaki, Japan · 62 km deep
  127. 5.2Volcano Islands, Japan region · 119 km deep
  128. 4.915 km NW of Kameoka, Japan · 10 km deep
  129. 5.591 km ESE of Ishinomaki, Japan · 37 km deep
  130. 4.7Izu Islands, Japan region · 68 km deep
  131. 4.694 km ESE of Nago, Japan · 33 km deep
  132. 4.721 km ESE of Suibara, Japan · 37 km deep
  133. 4.965 km S of Hirara, Japan · 39 km deep
  134. 4.714 km SSE of Yonakuni, Japan · 46 km deep
  135. 4.565 km S of Hirara, Japan · 43 km deep
  136. 4.674 km SSE of Hirara, Japan · 33 km deep
  137. 5.368 km S of Hirara, Japan · 42 km deep
  138. 4.6Izu Islands, Japan region · 33 km deep
  139. 4.866 km S of Hirara, Japan · 43 km deep
  140. 4.764 km S of Hirara, Japan · 34 km deep
  141. 5.4Volcano Islands, Japan region · 84 km deep
  142. 5.6Izu Islands, Japan region · 417 km deep
  143. 4.572 km WSW of Kurio, Japan · 151 km deep
  144. 4.74 km SSE of Omigawa, Japan · 68 km deep
  145. 4.7near the east coast of Honshu, Japan · 56 km deep
  146. 4.749 km SE of ?funato, Japan · 56 km deep
  147. 5.830 km SE of ?funato, Japan · 53 km deep
  148. 4.7150 km ESE of Kamaishi, Japan · 40 km deep
  149. 4.625 km ESE of It?, Japan · 31 km deep
  150. 4.627 km ESE of It?, Japan · 27 km deep
  151. 5.180 km E of Namie, Japan · 40 km deep
  152. 5.2102 km ENE of Hasaki, Japan · 45 km deep
  153. 5.114 km SE of Iwade, Japan · 10 km deep
  154. 4.7122 km S of Naze, Japan · 33 km deep
  155. 4.740 km SE of Namie, Japan · 90 km deep
  156. 4.8187 km SE of Koshima, Japan · 38 km deep
  157. 5.3182 km W of Naze, Japan · 217 km deep
  158. 4.649 km ESE of Namie, Japan · 55 km deep
  159. 5.184 km E of Iwaki, Japan · 48 km deep
  160. 4.926 km SE of Narut?, Japan · 74 km deep
  161. 4.565 km ESE of Namie, Japan · 50 km deep
  162. 4.941 km ENE of Iwaki, Japan · 61 km deep
  163. 4.652 km SE of Saiki, Japan · 57 km deep
  164. 5.226 km NNW of Naze, Japan · 34 km deep
  165. 5.2130 km ESE of Ishinomaki, Japan · 49 km deep
  166. 4.7Bonin Islands, Japan region · 478 km deep
  167. 5.3Izu Islands, Japan region · 154 km deep
  168. 4.631 km SE of Namie, Japan · 57 km deep
  169. 4.567 km WSW of Ishigaki, Japan · 50 km deep
  170. 6.762 km E of Iwaki, Japan · 30 km deep
  171. 5.042 km E of Namie, Japan · 61 km deep
  172. 4.634 km SSE of Shizunai-furukawach?, Japan · 71 km deep
  173. 4.9off the east coast of Honshu, Japan · 32 km deep
  174. 4.737 km NE of Kitsuki, Japan · 97 km deep
  175. 5.13 km SSE of Honch?, Japan · 81 km deep
  176. 5.1Volcano Islands, Japan region · 90 km deep
  177. 4.7Bonin Islands, Japan region · 52 km deep
  178. 6.152 km E of Iwaki, Japan · 55 km deep
  179. 4.818 km SSE of Makurazaki, Japan · 171 km deep
  180. 4.531 km NNW of Misawa, Japan · 107 km deep
  181. 4.641 km E of Hachinohe, Japan · 67 km deep
  182. 4.874 km SE of Nichinan, Japan · 5 km deep
  183. 5.11 km SSW of Satte, Japan · 70 km deep
  184. 4.911 km NNW of Hasaki, Japan · 65 km deep
  185. 6.771 km E of Namie, Japan · 29 km deep
  186. 4.6Bonin Islands, Japan region · 33 km deep
  187. 4.999 km S of Koshima, Japan · 33 km deep
  188. 4.69 km W of Toyohama, Japan · 325 km deep
  189. 4.8Izu Islands, Japan region · 447 km deep
  190. 4.939 km E of Nishinoomote, Japan · 33 km deep
  191. 4.856 km E of Nishinoomote, Japan · 43 km deep
  192. 4.578 km SE of Hasaki, Japan · 33 km deep
  193. 4.543 km E of Nishinoomote, Japan · 51 km deep
  194. 5.732 km ESE of Nishinoomote, Japan · 40 km deep
  195. 5.141 km ESE of Nishinoomote, Japan · 45 km deep
  196. 4.643 km SE of Hasaki, Japan · 57 km deep
  197. 4.880 km SE of Katsuura, Japan · 33 km deep
  198. 4.763 km ENE of Misawa, Japan · 71 km deep
  199. 4.744 km N of Itoigawa, Japan · 38 km deep
  200. 4.9Volcano Islands, Japan region · 122 km deep
  201. 4.843 km N of Itoigawa, Japan · 32 km deep
  202. 5.745 km N of Itoigawa, Japan · 23 km deep
  203. 4.638 km N of Itoigawa, Japan · 32 km deep
  204. 5.241 km ESE of Takanabe, Japan · 50 km deep
  205. 4.5106 km SSW of Kushiro, Japan · 57 km deep
  206. 4.657 km N of Hirara, Japan · 91 km deep
  207. 4.7Volcano Islands, Japan region · 93 km deep
  208. 5.7Izu Islands, Japan region · 537 km deep
  209. 4.644 km E of Takanabe, Japan · 61 km deep
  210. 5.0Bonin Islands, Japan region · 33 km deep
  211. 5.0111 km S of Naze, Japan · 30 km deep
  212. 4.941 km ESE of Takanabe, Japan · 48 km deep
  213. 4.844 km ESE of Takanabe, Japan · 49 km deep
  214. 6.733 km ESE of Takanabe, Japan · 54 km deep
  215. 5.3278 km SSE of Kushiro, Japan · 37 km deep
  216. 5.5143 km SSW of Itoman, Japan · 23 km deep
  217. 4.7Bonin Islands, Japan region · 33 km deep
  218. 4.867 km N of Yonakuni, Japan · 164 km deep
  219. 5.5273 km SSE of Kushiro, Japan · 38 km deep
  220. 4.8274 km SSE of Kushiro, Japan · 33 km deep
  221. 5.8272 km SSE of Kushiro, Japan · 39 km deep
  222. 5.184 km E of Iwaki, Japan · 46 km deep
  223. 5.670 km ESE of Iwaki, Japan · 47 km deep
  224. 5.110 km E of Funaishikawa, Japan · 81 km deep
  225. 4.544 km E of ?hara, Japan · 60 km deep
  226. 4.851 km E of Iwaki, Japan · 56 km deep
  227. 4.836 km ESE of Namie, Japan · 62 km deep
  228. 4.825 km ESE of Watari, Japan · 92 km deep
  229. 5.664 km E of Iwaki, Japan · 49 km deep
  230. 5.2Izu Islands, Japan region · 33 km deep
  231. 4.791 km NNW of Ishigaki, Japan · 17 km deep
  232. 4.777 km NNW of Ishigaki, Japan · 33 km deep
  233. 4.577 km W of Noshiro, Japan · 33 km deep
  234. 4.73 km NNE of Kasukabe, Japan · 97 km deep
  235. 4.727 km NW of Shizunai-furukawach?, Japan · 33 km deep
  236. 4.930 km ESE of Iwaki, Japan · 42 km deep
  237. 4.767 km E of Iwaki, Japan · 60 km deep
  238. 5.117 km ESE of Takahagi, Japan · 64 km deep
  239. 5.140 km S of Tateyama, Japan · 98 km deep
  240. 4.959 km ESE of Hitachi, Japan · 62 km deep
  241. 4.62 km NNW of Sakai, Japan · 73 km deep
  242. 5.1144 km NW of Ishikawa, Japan · 26 km deep
  243. 5.1198 km E of Hasaki, Japan · 38 km deep
  244. 4.530 km NW of Miyako, Japan · 84 km deep
  245. 4.851 km E of Katsuren-haebaru, Japan · 42 km deep
  246. 4.6Bonin Islands, Japan region · 479 km deep
  247. 4.791 km E of Iwaki, Japan · 33 km deep
  248. 6.872 km E of Iwaki, Japan · 48 km deep
  249. 6.480 km E of Iwaki, Japan · 36 km deep
  250. 4.8131 km SE of Katsuura, Japan · 68 km deep
  251. 4.861 km E of Mutsu, Japan · 41 km deep
  252. 4.637 km SSW of Yonakuni, Japan · 60 km deep
  253. 4.7267 km SSE of Katsuura, Japan · 33 km deep
  254. 5.127 km S of Hasaki, Japan · 61 km deep
  255. 5.148 km SSE of Shizunai-furukawach?, Japan · 69 km deep
  256. 4.887 km E of Ishinomaki, Japan · 33 km deep
  257. 4.9Izu Islands, Japan region · 40 km deep
  258. 4.7Volcano Islands, Japan region · 46 km deep
  259. 4.639 km SE of Nishinoomote, Japan · 42 km deep
  260. 5.1Bonin Islands, Japan region · 33 km deep
  261. 5.053 km SSE of ?funato, Japan · 67 km deep
  262. 4.5111 km ESE of Katsuren-haebaru, Japan · 33 km deep
  263. 5.030 km NW of Miyako, Japan · 83 km deep
  264. 5.462 km ESE of Kushiro, Japan · 54 km deep
  265. 4.7Izu Islands, Japan region · 78 km deep
  266. 6.847 km ENE of Shizunai-furukawach?, Japan · 102 km deep
  267. 4.76 km NE of Honch?, Japan · 80 km deep
  268. 5.0199 km SSE of Nakamura, Japan · 10 km deep
  269. 4.723 km NNW of Miyako, Japan · 82 km deep
  270. 5.032 km NW of Miyako, Japan · 85 km deep
  271. 4.8eastern Honshu, Japan · 83 km deep
  272. 6.635 km NW of Miyako, Japan · 68 km deep
  273. 4.876 km NE of Yonakuni, Japan · 33 km deep
  274. 4.810 km ENE of ?miya, Japan · 71 km deep
  275. 4.9174 km NNW of Hirara, Japan · 237 km deep

The largest

The 25 largest of 1987 in Japan.

  1. 6.872 km E of Iwaki, Japan · 48 km deep
  2. 6.847 km ENE of Shizunai-furukawach?, Japan · 102 km deep
  3. 6.710 km SW of Mobara, Japan · 63 km deep
  4. 6.762 km E of Iwaki, Japan · 30 km deep
  5. 6.771 km E of Namie, Japan · 29 km deep
  6. 6.733 km ESE of Takanabe, Japan · 54 km deep
  7. 6.635 km NW of Miyako, Japan · 68 km deep
  8. 6.4Izu Islands, Japan region · 164 km deep
  9. 6.480 km E of Iwaki, Japan · 36 km deep
  10. 6.152 km E of Iwaki, Japan · 55 km deep
  11. 6.0Volcano Islands, Japan region · 39 km deep
  12. 5.953 km ESE of Kitaibaraki, Japan · 42 km deep
  13. 5.9171 km S of ?yama, Japan · 310 km deep
  14. 5.8Bonin Islands, Japan region · 464 km deep
  15. 5.87 km S of Makurazaki, Japan · 168 km deep
  16. 5.830 km SE of ?funato, Japan · 53 km deep
  17. 5.8272 km SSE of Kushiro, Japan · 39 km deep
  18. 5.7Volcano Islands, Japan region · 41 km deep
  19. 5.757 km ESE of Namie, Japan · 43 km deep
  20. 5.7108 km S of Koshima, Japan · 51 km deep
  21. 5.732 km ESE of Nishinoomote, Japan · 40 km deep
  22. 5.745 km N of Itoigawa, Japan · 23 km deep
  23. 5.7Izu Islands, Japan region · 537 km deep
  24. 5.6Izu Islands, Japan region · 171 km deep
  25. 5.6159 km E of Iwaki, Japan · 39 km deep

Month by month

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

MonthQuakesLargestWhere
January 1987246.847 km ENE of Shizunai-furukawach?, Japan
February 1987246.872 km E of Iwaki, Japan
March 1987396.733 km ESE of Takanabe, Japan
April 1987286.762 km E of Iwaki, Japan
May 1987355.830 km SE of ?funato, Japan
June 1987175.575 km E of Miyako, Japan
July 1987235.9171 km S of ?yama, Japan
August 1987164.928 km ENE of Nemuro, Japan
September 1987165.953 km ESE of Kitaibaraki, Japan
October 1987205.8Bonin Islands, Japan region
November 1987145.7Volcano Islands, Japan region
December 1987196.710 km SW of Mobara, Japan

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

Japan 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.