1700 Cascadia earthquake

January 1700 megathrust earthquake affecting the North American Pacific North West coast
Event earthquake Q1735004
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1700 Cascadia earthquake

Summary

1700 Cascadia earthquake is an earthquake[1]. It ranks in the top 1% of earthquake entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (8,178 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • 1700 Cascadia earthquake is in the country of Canada[3].
  • 1700 Cascadia earthquake's instance of is recorded as earthquake[4].
  • 1700 Cascadia earthquake took place at Pacific Northwest[5].
  • 1700 Cascadia earthquake's Commons category is recorded as 1700 Cascadia earthquake[6].
  • 1700 Cascadia earthquake took place on January 26, 1700[7].
  • 1700 Cascadia earthquake's coordinate location is recorded as {'latitude': 45, 'longitude': -125}[8].
  • 1700 Cascadia earthquake's earthquake magnitude on the Richter magnitude scale is recorded as {'amount': '+9'}[9].

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When and Where

1700 Cascadia earthquake occurred on January 26, 1700[7]. It took place at Pacific Northwest[5]. It is in the country of Canada[3].

Context

1700 Cascadia earthquake's instance of is recorded as earthquake[4].

Why It Matters

1700 Cascadia earthquake ranks in the top 1% of earthquake entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (8,178 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 13 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[10] It is known by 20 alternative names across languages and contexts.[11]

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 25d ago · Bouzinac · 2026-08-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Country → Canada
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/50828|batch #50828]]: deducted from P276"
  2. 6w ago · Bartholomite · 2026-08-09 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Historylink essay number → 5098
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P9470]]: 5098"
  3. 17w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-27 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Earthquake magnitude on the richter magnitude scale → {'amount': '+9'}
    Instance of → earthquake
    Point in time → +1700-01-26T00:00:00Z
    Coordinates → —
    + 5 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|1 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007570459505171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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