On 21 July 365 a great earthquake occurred at the southwest coast of Crete, Greece. The seismic event occurred at sunrise and had an estimated minimum magnitude 8.5. Based on the amount of uplift of western Crete, the estimated minimum magnitude is 8.5. According to the Roman historian Ammianus Marcellinus the shaking started slightly after daybreak.
The estimated primary trigger of this seismic event is Earth's conjunction with Mars and Saturn on 17 July 365, followed by a convergence of lunar semi-right angles, also with Mars and Saturn and with Uranus and Neptune on 18 July.
On 14 July the planetary conjunction Mercury-Earth-Neptune coincided with the two lunar conjunctions Moon-Earth-Mars and Earth-Moon-Saturn, as Earth was closely between Mars and Saturn and their conjunction occurred on 17 July. Meanwhile, opposing lunar right angles occurred on 15 July with Uranus and Neptune, which were on opposite sides of the Solar System. Similar geometry occurred on 21 July with Mars and Saturn. On 18 July four lunar semi-right angles converged involving the same four outer planets. While geometry was critical on 14 and 17 July, which probably caused at least strong seismic activity, the direct trigger of the great earthquake was undoubtedly Earth's position relative to the outer planets Mars, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune, which resulted in a convergence of very critical lunar geometry on the 18th. Finally, on 19 July, the lunar conjunction Moon-Earth-Jupiter occurred and the earthquake occurred in the morning of 21 July, next to Full Moon.
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Earth-Mercury-Uranus 365-07-11, 11:03:52 148°23'25" Mercury-Earth-Neptune 365-07-14, 2:04:57 332°48'13" Mars-Earth-Saturn 365-07-17, 3:07:44 233°43'24" Sun: Mercury-Saturn 365-07-11, 10:32:58 45°00'00" Sun: Mercury-Uranus 365-07-11, 10:43:11 45°00'00" Sun: Mercury-Neptune 365-07-12, 6:22:21 135°00'00" Venus: Saturn-Uranus 365-07-12, 9:42:37 90°00'00" Venus: Mercury-Mars 365-07-12, 20:22:11 90°00'00" Mercury: Earth-Saturn 365-07-12, 22:39:37 90°00'00" Sun: Venus-Earth 365-07-14, 16:45:23 45°00'00" Sun: Mercury-Jupiter 365-07-14, 19:16:06 90°00'00" Mercury: Earth-Jupiter 365-07-16, 3:04:44 135°00'00" Mercury: Mars-Uranus 365-07-16, 10:20:40 135°00'00" Mercury: Mars-Saturn 365-07-18, 8:24:32 135°00'00" Mercury: Mars-Neptune 365-07-20, 11:27:02 45°00'00" Sun: Venus-Mars 365-07-22, 1:57:07 90°00'00" Moon-Earth-Mars 365-07-14, 13:27:28 52°09'16" Earth-Moon-Saturn 365-07-14, 16:09:36 233°40'47" Moon-Earth-Jupiter 365-07-19, 17:42:30 119°47'07" Moon-Earth-Sun 365-07-21, 10:48:08 141°01'53" Earth: Moon-Uranus 365-07-15, 0:55:16 90°00'00" Earth: Moon-Neptune 365-07-15, 8:21:43 90°00'00" Earth: Moon-Saturn 365-07-18, 2:02:30 45°00'00" Earth: Moon-Mars 365-07-18, 3:07:56 135°00'00" Earth: Moon-Uranus 365-07-18, 11:31:06 135°00'00" Earth: Moon-Neptune 365-07-18, 18:46:17 45°00'00" Earth: Moon-Saturn 365-07-21, 16:17:39 90°00'00" Earth: Moon-Mars 365-07-21, 21:42:58 90°00'00"