<Tr> <Th> 14 </Th> <Td> 000000001707 - 10 - 28 - 0000 October 28, 1707 </Td> <Td> Pacific Ocean, Shikoku region, Japan </Td> <Td> 1707 Hōei earthquake </Td> <Td> 8.7--9.3 (est .) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 15 </Th> <Td> 000000001730 - 07 - 08 - 0000 July 8, 1730 </Td> <Td> Valparaiso, Chile (then part of the Spanish Empire) </Td> <Td> 1730 Valparaiso earthquake </Td> <Td> 8.7 (est .) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 16 </Th> <Td> 000000001755 - 11 - 01 - 0000 November 1, 1755 </Td> <Td> Atlantic Ocean, Lisbon, Portugal </Td> <Td> 1755 Lisbon earthquake </Td> <Td> 8.5--9.0 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 17 </Th> <Td> 000000001965 - 02 - 04 - 0000 February 4, 1965 </Td> <Td> Rat Islands, Alaska, United States </Td> <Td> 1965 Rat Islands earthquake </Td> <Td> 8.7 </Td> </Tr>

When was the first earthquake recorded in the world