Editing Lists of earthquakes (section)

===Pre-instrumental earthquakes===
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{| class="wikitable sortable static-row-numbers sticky-header"
|-
! scope="col" | Date
! scope="col" | Location
! scope="col" data-sort-type="number" | Event
! scope="col" | Magnitude
|-
| {{dts|1730-07-08}}
| {{sort flagicon|Spanish Empire}} [[Valparaíso]], Chile (then part of the [[Spanish Empire]])
| [[1730 Valparaíso earthquake]]
| 9.1–9.3 (est.)<ref name="Carvajal_etal_2017">{{cite journal|last1=Carvajal|first1=M.|last2=Cisternas|first2=M.|last3=Catalán|first3=P.A.|year=2017|title=Source of the 1730 Chilean earthquake from historical records: Implications for the future tsunami hazard on the coast of Metropolitan Chile|journal=Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth|volume=122|issue=5|pages=3648–3660|bibcode=2017JGRB..122.3648C|doi=10.1002/2017JB014063|s2cid=133806784}}</ref>
|-
| {{dts|1737-10-17}}
| {{sort flagicon|Russian Empire}} [[Kamchatka Peninsula]], [[Russian Empire]]
| [[1737 Kamchatka earthquake]]
| 9.0–9.3 (est.)
|-
| {{dts|1575-12-16}}
| {{sort flagicon|Spanish Empire}} [[Valdivia, Chile]] (then part of the [[Spanish Empire]])
| [[1575 Valdivia earthquake]]
| 9.0 (est.)
|-
| {{dts|1604-11-24}}
| {{sort flagicon|Spanish Empire}} [[Arica]], Chile (then part of the [[Spanish Empire]])
| [[1604 Arica earthquake]]
| 9.0 (est.)
|-
| {{dts|1841-05-17}}
| {{sort flagicon|Russian Empire}} [[Kamchatka Peninsula|Kamchatka]], [[Russian Empire]]
| [[1841 Kamchatka earthquake]]
| 9.0 (est.)
|-
| {{dts|1837-11-17}}
| {{sort flagicon|Chile}} [[Valdivia]], Chile
| [[1837 Valdivia earthquake]]
| 8.8–9.5 (est.)<ref name="Junfang">{{cite journal|author1=Jin Junfang|author2=Yin Shuyan|author3=Yan Junping|title=Symmetry and tendency judgment of Ms ≥ 8.0 strong earthquakes in Chile|journal=Geodesy and Geodynamics|year=2014|volume=5|issue=1|pages=34–40|bibcode=2014G&G.....5...34J|doi=10.3724/SP.J.1246.2014.01034|doi-access=free}}</ref>
|-
| {{dts|1420-08-31}}
| {{sort flagicon|Chile}} Pacific Ocean, Atacama region (now [[Atacama Region|Atacama]], Chile)
| [[1420 Caldera earthquake]]
| 8.8–9.4 (est.)
|-
| {{dts|1833-11-25}}
| {{sort flagicon|Dutch East Indies}} [[Sumatra]], Indonesia (then part of the [[Dutch East Indies]])
| [[1833 Sumatra earthquake]]
| 8.8–9.2 (est.)
|-
| {{dts|1852-11-26}}
| {{sort flagicon|Dutch East Indies}} [[Banda Islands]], Indonesia (then part of the [[Dutch East Indies]])
| [[1852 Banda Sea earthquake]]
| 8.8 (est.)<ref name="Ringer">{{cite journal|author1=H. Ringer|author2=J. P. Whitehead|author3=J. Krometis|author4=R. A. Harris|author5=N. Glatt-Holtz|author6=S. Giddens|author7=C. Ashcraft|author8=G. Carver|author9=A. Robertson |author10=M. Harward|author11=J. Fullwood|author12=K. Lightheart|author13=R. Hilton|author14=A. Avery|author15=C. Kesler|author16=M. Morrise|author17=M. H. Klein|title=Methodological Reconstruction of Historical Seismic Events From Anecdotal Accounts of Destructive Tsunamis: A Case Study for the Great 1852 Banda Arc Mega-Thrust Earthquake and Tsunami|journal=Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth|year=2021|volume=126|issue=4|arxiv=2009.14272|bibcode=2021JGRB..12621107R|doi=10.1029/2020JB021107|s2cid=222066748|url=http://www.geology.byu.edu/Home/sites/default/files/2021_jgr_banda_1852_reconstruciton.pdf|access-date=June 19, 2021|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221009/http://www.geology.byu.edu/Home/sites/default/files/2021_jgr_banda_1852_reconstruciton.pdf|archive-date=October 9, 2022}}</ref>
|-
| {{dts|1707-10-28}}
| {{sort flagicon|Japan}} Pacific Ocean, [[Shikoku region]], Japan
| [[1707 Hōei earthquake]]
| 8.7–9.3 (est.)<ref name="Hoei 1707">{{cite web|title=M 9.3Re-evaluation of Mw of the 1707 Hoei earthquake – near the east coast of Honshu, Japan|publisher=[[National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology|AIST]]|url=https://unit.aist.go.jp/ievg/gever/en/materials/sharing/G-EVER1_P_Ishikawa_AIST.pdf}}</ref>
|-
| {{dts|1700-01-26}}
| {{sort flagicon|Spanish Empire}}[[File:Flag of Great Britain (1707–1800).svg|24px]] Pacific Ocean, US, and Canada (then claimed by the [[Spanish Empire]] and the [[British Empire]])
| [[1700 Cascadia earthquake]]
| 8.7–9.2 (est.)
|-
| {{dts|1877-05-09}}
| {{sort flagicon|Peru|1825}} [[Iquique]], Chile (then Peru)
| [[1877 Iquique earthquake]]
| 8.7–8.9 (est.)
|-
| {{dts|1687-10-20}}
|{{sort flagicon|Spanish Empire}} Lima, Peru (then part of the [[Spanish Empire]])
| [[1687 Peru earthquake]]
| 8.7 (est.)
|-
| {{dts|869-07-13}}
| {{sort flagicon|Japan}} Pacific Ocean, [[Tōhoku region]], Japan
| [[869 Jōgan earthquake]]
| 8.6–9.0 (est.)
|-
| {{dts|1746-10-28}}
|{{sort flagicon|Spanish Empire}} Lima, Peru (then part of the [[Spanish Empire]])
| [[1746 Lima–Callao earthquake]]
| 8.6–8.8 (est.)
|-
| {{dts|1498-09-20}}
| {{sort flagicon|Japan}} Pacific Ocean, [[Chūbu region]], Japan
| [[1498 Meiō earthquake]]
| 8.6 (est.)
|-
| {{dts|1787-03-28}}
| {{sort flagicon|Spanish Empire}} [[Oaxaca]], Mexico (then part of the [[Spanish Empire]])
| [[1787 New Spain earthquake]]
| 8.6 (est.)
|-
| {{dts|1816-02-02}}
| {{sort flagicon|Kingdom of Portugal}} Atlantic Ocean, [[Lisbon]], Portugal
| [[1816 North Atlantic earthquake]]
| 8.6 (est.)
|-
| {{dts|1868-08-13}}
|{{sort flagicon|Peru|variant=1836}} Arica, Peru (now part of present-day Chile)
| [[1868 Arica earthquake]]
| 8.5–9.3 (est.)
|-
| {{dts|1755-11-01}}
|{{sort flagicon|Kingdom of Portugal}} Atlantic Ocean, [[Lisbon]], Portugal
| [[1755 Lisbon earthquake]]
| 8.5–9.0 (est.)
|-
| {{dts|1762-04-02}}
| [[File:Flag of the British East India Company (1707).svg|24px]] [[Chittagong]], [[Bangladesh]] (then [[Kingdom of Mrauk U]])
| [[1762 Arakan earthquake]]
| 8.5–8.8 (est.)
|-
| {{dts|365-07-21}}
| {{sort flagicon|Greece}} Mediterranean Sea, [[Crete]], Greece
| [[365 Crete earthquake]]
| 8.5+ (est.)
|-
| {{dts|1356-08-24}}
| {{sort flagicon|Kingdom of Portugal}} Atlantic Ocean, [[Lisbon]], Portugal
| {{Interlanguage link|1356 Lisbon earthquake|pt|Sismo de Lisboa de 1356}}
| 8.5 (est.)
|-
| {{dts|1668-07-25}}
| {{sort flagicon|Qing dynasty}} [[Shandong]], China
| [[1668 Shandong earthquake]]
| 8.5 (est.)<ref>{{cite web|title=Significant Earthquake Information CHINA: SHANDONG PROVINCE|website=NGCD|url=https://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/hazel/view/hazards/earthquake/event-more-info/1054|access-date=December 9, 2020}}</ref>
|-
| {{dts|1751-05-24}}
| {{sort flagicon|Spanish Empire}} [[Concepción, Chile|Concepción]], Chile (then part of the [[Spanish Empire]])
| [[1751 Concepción earthquake]]
| 8.5 (est.)
|-
| {{dts|1761-03-31}}
| {{sort flagicon|Kingdom of Portugal}} Atlantic Ocean, [[Lisbon]], Portugal
| [[1761 Lisbon earthquake]]
| 8.5 (est.)<ref>{{cite web|last=NCEI Global Historical Hazard Database|title=Significant Earthquake Information PORTUGAL: LISBON|website=ngdc.noaa.gov|language=en|url=https://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/hazel/view/hazards/earthquake/event-more-info/6035|access-date=February 1, 2021}}</ref>
|-
| {{dts|1819-04-04}}
| {{sort flagicon|Chile}} [[Copiapó]], Chile
| [[1819 Copiapó earthquake]]
| 8.5 (est.)<ref name="Junfang" />
|-
| {{dts|1822-11-19}}
| {{sort flagicon|Chile}} [[Valparaíso]], Chile
| [[1822 Valparaíso earthquake]]
| 8.5 (est.)
|-
| {{dts|1835-02-20}}
| {{sort flagicon|Chile}} [[Concepción, Chile|Concepción]], Chile
| [[1835 Concepción earthquake]]
| 8.5 (est.)
|-
| {{dts|1843-02-08}}
| {{Flag|Guadeloupe}} region, Lesser Antilles
| [[1843 Guadeloupe earthquake]]
| 8.5 (est.)<ref name="Hough">{{cite journal|author=Hough S.E.|author-link=Susan Hough|year=2013|title=Missing great earthquakes|journal=Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth|volume=118|issue=3|pages=1098–1108|bibcode=2013JGRB..118.1098H|doi=10.1002/jgrb.50083|doi-access=free|s2cid=128458643}}</ref>
|-
| {{dts|1861-02-16}}
| {{sort flagicon|Dutch East Indies}} [[Sumatra]], Indonesia (then part of the [[Dutch East Indies]])
| [[1861 Sumatra earthquake]]
| 8.5 (est.)
|-
| {{dts|1896-06-15}}
| {{sort flagicon|Empire of Japan}} Pacific Ocean, [[Tōhoku region]], [[Empire of Japan]]
| [[1896 Sanriku earthquake]]
| 8.5 (est.)
|-
| {{dts|1505-06-06}}
| {{sort flagicon|Nepal}} [[Himalayas]], northern [[Nepal]]
| [[1505 Lo Mustang earthquake]]
| 8.2–8.8 (est.)
|}
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