Mw 9.3 Off West Coast of Northern Sumatra, Indonesia

updated 27 January 2023

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On 26 December 2004 a mega-thrust earthquake occurred near the West coast of Northern Sumatra, Indonesia at a depth of 10 km. The seismic event occurred at 00:58:50 UTC and had an estimated moment magnitude (Mw) 9.3 according to the EMSC. The USGS estimated a magnitude 9.1. It was the second/third largest earthquake in recorded history, surpassed only by the great Valdivia earthquake (Mw 9.4-9.6) in 1960 and arguably the great Alaska earthquake (Mw 9.2) in 1964. The great earthquake on 26 December 2004 is also referred to as the Boxing Day earthquake. It ruptured a fault length of 1300 km between Northern Sumatra and the Andaman Islands and caused major tsunamis in several countries around the Northeastern Indian Ocean, including Sumatra, Thailand, Sri Lanka and India. The total number of fatalities is estimated to be around 230,000.

The estimated primary trigger of this seismic event is critical lunar geometry on 20-22 and possibly 24-26 December 2004.

The planetary conjunction Mercury-Sun-Neptune on 19 December 2004 was followed by critical lunar geometry, most notably a conjunction with Jupiter on 20 December and right angles with Saturn and Neptune on 20-22 December. This geometry already resulted in a great earthquake on 23 December. The next planetary conjunction Mercury-Sun-Uranus on 23 December converged with the next lunar peak, partly due to a conjunction with Mars. Critical lunar geometry similar to 20-22 December also occurred on 23-24 December involving Saturn and Uranus. Critical planetary geometry with Mercury and Venus occurred on 24 and 25 December in the typical pair-fashion, which is associated with major earthquakes. At the time of the mega-thrust earthquake a Sun-Venus-Mars conjunction occurred, several hours later followed by a lunar conjunction with the Sun (Full Moon).

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

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SSGI SUM graph of critical planetary (PG) geometry

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Mercury-Sun-Neptune       2004-12-19, 16:43:04  314°44'13"
Mercury-Sun-Uranus        2004-12-23, 20:55:24  336°00'46"
Sun-Venus-Mars            2004-12-26,  1:49:20  219°36'28"
Venus-Mercury-Earth       2004-12-28, 17:56:53   74°58'31"

Sun:     Mercury-Earth    2004-12-19,  7:43:39   45°00'00"
Venus:   Earth-Saturn     2004-12-19, 11:04:40   45°00'00"
Earth:   Venus-Uranus     2004-12-19, 11:45:03   90°00'00"
Sun:     Mercury-Jupiter  2004-12-20, 21:10:25   45°00'00"
Earth:   Mercury-Saturn   2004-12-21, 22:59:51  135°00'00"
Venus:   Earth-Uranus     2004-12-22, 22:51:00   90°00'00"
Venus:   Mercury-Saturn   2004-12-23,  0:48:05   45°00'00"
Mercury: Venus-Uranus     2004-12-24,  4:24:45   90°00'00"
Sun:     Mercury-Saturn   2004-12-24,  7:13:11   45°00'00"
Mercury: Venus-Saturn     2004-12-24,  8:30:32  135°00'00"
Venus:   Mercury-Uranus   2004-12-25,  1:02:15   90°00'00"
Mercury: Saturn-Uranus    2004-12-26,  0:52:33  135°00'00"
Sun:     Mercury-Mars     2004-12-28,  7:27:09   45°00'00"
Mercury: Mars-Jupiter     2004-12-28, 14:58:42   45°00'00"

Moon-Earth-Jupiter        2004-12-20,  3:12:25  195°55'20"
Moon-Earth-Mars           2004-12-23, 13:30:06  238°29'55"
Moon-Earth-Venus          2004-12-24, 11:42:28  249°38'58"
Moon-Earth-Mercury        2004-12-24, 15:58:45  251°47'05"
Moon-Earth-Sun            2004-12-26, 14:56:14  275°07'32"
Earth-Moon-Saturn         2004-12-28,  7:24:29  115°08'39"

Earth:   Moon-Mars        2004-12-19, 17:50:56  135°00'00"
Earth:   Moon-Uranus      2004-12-20,  7:54:33   45°00'00"
Earth:   Moon-Venus       2004-12-20, 10:02:21  135°00'00"
Earth:   Moon-Mercury     2004-12-20, 21:06:10  135°00'00"
Earth:   Moon-Saturn      2004-12-20, 21:36:40   90°00'00"
Earth:   Moon-Neptune     2004-12-22,  7:56:15   90°00'00"
Earth:   Moon-Sun         2004-12-22, 12:47:12  135°00'00"
Earth:   Moon-Jupiter     2004-12-23, 19:10:57  135°00'00"
Earth:   Moon-Uranus      2004-12-23, 23:32:40   90°00'00"
Earth:   Moon-Saturn      2004-12-24, 13:15:19   45°00'00"
Earth:   Moon-Neptune     2004-12-26,  1:45:35  135°00'00"
Earth:   Moon-Mars        2004-12-27, 13:23:39  135°00'00"
Earth:   Moon-Jupiter     2004-12-27, 14:29:40   90°00'00"
Earth:   Moon-Uranus      2004-12-27, 18:20:57  135°00'00"
Earth:   Moon-Venus       2004-12-28, 17:05:01  135°00'00"
Earth:   Moon-Mercury     2004-12-28, 17:06:29  135°00'00"
  					

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