On 26 January 2001 a major earthquake occurred in Gujarat, India at a depth of 16 km. The seismic event occurred at 03:16:40 UTC and had an estimated moment magnitude (Mw) 7.7.
The estimated primary trigger of this seismic event is a convergence of critical planetary and lunar geometry from 21 to 26 January 2001.
Two planetary conjunctions on 21-22 January converged with critical lunar geometry involving Mars and Saturn due to Earth's close proximity to the Mars-Saturn line. A lunar conjunction with the Sun (New Moon) on 24 January was followed a few hours later by a lunar conjunction with Neptune and the Earth-Sun-Neptune conjunction occurred early on the 26th, at the time of the earthquake. In addition, critical lunar geometry involving Mars and Saturn, which is related to the geometry on 21-22 January, also occurred on 25-26 January.
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Mercury-Sun-Mars 2001-01-21, 7:40:32 191°07'29" Earth-Mercury-Uranus 2001-01-22, 19:32:05 319°47'52" Earth-Sun-Neptune 2001-01-26, 3:56:26 306°15'21" Sun: Mercury-Uranus 2001-01-20, 5:12:53 45°00'00" Earth: Mercury-Mars 2001-01-20, 8:57:36 90°00'00" Mercury: Venus-Saturn 2001-01-20, 13:04:44 45°00'00" Sun: Mercury-Saturn 2001-01-22, 0:49:55 45°00'00" Sun: Mercury-Jupiter 2001-01-24, 3:39:01 45°00'00" Mercury: Mars-Saturn 2001-01-25, 2:50:15 135°00'00" Sun: Mercury-Earth 2001-01-25, 21:13:32 90°00'00" Earth: Mercury-Saturn 2001-01-25, 21:26:39 90°00'00" Sun: Mercury-Neptune 2001-01-25, 22:24:06 90°00'00" Sun: Mercury-Venus 2001-01-27, 6:32:31 45°00'00" Venus: Mercury-Jupiter 2001-01-27, 15:52:33 135°00'00" Sun: Mercury-Uranus 2001-01-28, 8:46:04 90°00'00" Moon-Earth-Jupiter 2001-01-19, 6:02:30 61°14'28" Earth-Moon-Sun 2001-01-24, 13:05:52 304°36'35" Earth-Moon-Neptune 2001-01-24, 16:20:03 306°11'58" Earth-Moon-Uranus 2001-01-25, 20:20:18 319°58'08" Earth-Moon-Mercury 2001-01-26, 5:28:19 324°28'17" Earth-Moon-Venus 2001-01-28, 19:48:20 355°32'37" Earth: Moon-Sun 2001-01-20, 9:48:03 45°00'00" Earth: Moon-Venus 2001-01-20, 14:14:41 90°00'00" Earth: Moon-Neptune 2001-01-20, 21:01:59 45°00'00" Earth: Moon-Mars 2001-01-21, 18:42:26 45°00'00" Earth: Moon-Mercury 2001-01-21, 21:52:35 45°00'00" Earth: Moon-Uranus 2001-01-22, 0:29:55 45°00'00" Earth: Moon-Saturn 2001-01-22, 9:11:06 135°00'00" Earth: Moon-Jupiter 2001-01-22, 23:37:47 135°00'00" Earth: Moon-Venus 2001-01-24, 17:18:37 45°00'00" Earth: Moon-Mars 2001-01-25, 18:36:40 90°00'00" Earth: Moon-Saturn 2001-01-26, 4:37:06 90°00'00" Earth: Moon-Jupiter 2001-01-26, 19:02:54 90°00'00" Earth: Moon-Neptune 2001-01-28, 11:28:41 45°00'00" Earth: Moon-Sun 2001-01-28, 16:23:04 45°00'00"