USGS · 70168705
Earthquakes, January-February 1987
Abstract
There were two major earthquakes (7.0-7.9) during the first two months of the year. The first, on January 30 in the South Sandwich Islands region, was in an unpopulated area; the second was on February 8 in New Guinea. In the United States the largest earthquake during this reporting period was a magntidue 6.7 on February 27 in the Aleutian Islands.
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W. J. Person. 1987. Earthquakes, January-February 1987. https://pubs.usgs.gov/publication/70168705
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