Mw 6.7 Taiwan Region

On 15 October 2004 a strong earthquake occurred in the Taiwan region at a depth of 90 km. The seismic event occurred at 04:08:49 UTC and had an estimated moment magnitude (Mw) 6.7.

The strong earthquake was triggered primarily by lunar geometry that peaked on 12-13 October (index 14) due to the Moon's alignment with Jupiter and Mars.

Venus:   Sun-Jupiter      2004-10-12,  5:06:44   90°00'00"

Earth-Moon-Jupiter        2004-10-12, 20:21:36  183°44'40"
Earth-Moon-Mars           2004-10-13,  9:11:31  190°58'23"
Earth-Moon-Sun            2004-10-14,  2:48:41  201°02'31"
Earth-Moon-Mercury        2004-10-14, 14:22:54  207°44'14"
					

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


SSGI SUM graph of critical planetary (PG) geometry