Mw 8.1 Balleny Islands Region

updated 14 December 2022

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On 25 March 1998 a great earthquake occurred in the Balleny Islands Region at a depth of 8.7 km. The seismic event occurred at 03:12:25 UTC and had an estimated moment magnitude (Mw) 8.1.

From 18 to 24 March 1998 four planetary conjunctions occurred, with Earth-Mercury-Saturn on 24 March as a final estimated trigger.

A critical planetary conjunction Earth-Venus-Uranus occurred on 18 March, which was followed by a convergence of critical planetary right and semi-right angles on 19 March. Two critical planetary conjunctions with Mercury occurred on 20 and 22 March involving Neptune and Uranus. A clustering of strong earthquakes occurred from 20 to 22 March. A second convergence of critical planetary right and semi-right angles occurred on 22 March. Critical lunar conjunctions followed on 23 and 24 March involving Neptune and Uranus.

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SSGI

SSGI chart
SSGI COMMON graph of critical planetary (PG) and lunar (LG) geometry

SSGI chart
SSGI SUM graph of critical planetary (PG) geometry

geometry

Earth-Venus-Uranus        1998-03-18,  5:16:46  311°20'26"
Mercury-Sun-Neptune       1998-03-20, 22:44:02  300°02'43"
Mercury-Sun-Uranus        1998-03-22, 13:45:02  309°19'06"
Sun-Mars-Saturn           1998-03-23,  5:34:19   22°38'14"
Earth-Mercury-Saturn      1998-03-24, 16:31:55   20°53'43"

Mercury: Sun-Jupiter      1998-03-19,  2:43:12   45°00'00"
Sun:     Mercury-Mars     1998-03-19,  7:08:05   90°00'00"
Sun:     Mercury-Jupiter  1998-03-19, 13:00:20  135°00'00"
Sun:     Mercury-Saturn   1998-03-19, 16:06:53   90°00'00"
Sun:     Venus-Uranus     1998-03-21,  4:17:56   90°00'00"
Mercury: Venus-Earth      1998-03-22,  4:47:26   45°00'00"
Mercury: Venus-Jupiter    1998-03-22, 12:41:10   90°00'00"
Mercury: Venus-Saturn     1998-03-22, 16:07:59  135°00'00"
Venus:   Mars-Jupiter     1998-03-22, 23:08:35   45°00'00"
Sun:     Mercury-Venus    1998-03-23,  3:15:38   90°00'00"
Mercury: Jupiter-Saturn   1998-03-23, 17:41:09   45°00'00"
Venus:   Mercury-Saturn   1998-03-24,  0:19:33   45°00'00"
Sun:     Mercury-Earth    1998-03-24,  5:48:22   45°00'00"
Venus:   Mars-Neptune     1998-03-25, 10:42:29   90°00'00"
Venus:   Mercury-Jupiter  1998-03-26,  5:59:27   90°00'00"
Mercury: Venus-Neptune    1998-03-26, 12:40:18   45°00'00"
Venus:   Mercury-Neptune  1998-03-26, 22:28:35  135°00'00"
Venus:   Mercury-Mars     1998-03-27, 21:09:48   45°00'00"

Earth-Moon-Neptune        1998-03-23, 15:56:58  301°43'16"
Earth-Moon-Uranus         1998-03-24,  8:55:17  311°36'15"
Earth-Moon-Venus          1998-03-24, 18:53:46  317°31'00"
Earth-Moon-Jupiter        1998-03-26, 10:55:38  341°57'05"

Earth:   Moon-Saturn      1998-03-19,  7:16:55  135°00'00"
Earth:   Moon-Jupiter     1998-03-19, 17:19:03   90°00'00"
Earth:   Moon-Neptune     1998-03-20,  5:24:32   45°00'00"
Earth:   Moon-Saturn      1998-03-22, 20:30:01   90°00'00"
Earth:   Moon-Jupiter     1998-03-23,  6:19:01   45°00'00"