On 24 May 2013 a great earthquake occurred at the Sea of Okhotsk at a depth of 598 km. The seismic event occurred at 05:44:48 UTC and had an estimated moment magnitude (Mw) 8.3.
The estimated primary trigger of this seismic event is critical lunar geometry with Mars and Saturn on 16-17 and on 20-21 May 2013.
In the beginning of May 2013 Earth was between Mars and Saturn, which resulted in critical lunar geometry with both outer planets during the month. On 16-17 May lunar right angles occurred with Mars and Saturn within 26 hours. This occurred after both planets had been in a conjunction with Mercury on 12 May. From 15 to 19 May four planetary conjunctions occurred with Mercury and Venus, converging with the lunar right angles. On 20-21 May lunar semi-right angles occurred with Mars and Saturn. On 24 May Earth went into conjunction with Mercury and Venus while a lunar conjunction occurred with Mars, which was followed by a lunar conjunction with the Sun (Full Moon) less than 24 hours later.
There are similarities with the planetary and lunar geometry at the time of the mega-thrust earthquake on 26 December 2004, that also occurred at Full Moon and Earth in a near conjunction with Mercury and Venus.
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Mars-Mercury-Saturn 2013-05-12, 8:40:42 218°56'20" Sun-Venus-Jupiter 2013-05-15, 23:25:20 85°22'20" Sun-Mercury-Jupiter 2013-05-17, 8:49:03 85°29'31" Sun-Mercury-Venus 2013-05-17, 19:42:09 88°21'07" Mercury-Venus-Jupiter 2013-05-19, 18:51:18 84°44'51" Venus-Mercury-Earth 2013-05-24, 23:50:47 258°41'11" Sun: Mercury-Saturn 2013-05-17, 1:40:08 135°00'00" Mercury: Earth-Neptune 2013-05-17, 3:32:36 90°00'00" Sun: Mercury-Mars 2013-05-18, 3:42:15 45°00'00" Earth: Mercury-Neptune 2013-05-18, 7:10:08 90°00'00" Mercury: Jupiter-Saturn 2013-05-18, 14:53:05 135°00'00" Venus: Mercury-Saturn 2013-05-18, 15:51:16 45°00'00" Sun: Mercury-Uranus 2013-05-19, 12:00:01 90°00'00" Mercury: Venus-Saturn 2013-05-19, 12:14:19 135°00'00" Sun: Venus-Mars 2013-05-19, 15:19:40 45°00'00" Sun: Mercury-Earth 2013-05-20, 9:19:55 135°00'00" Sun: Mercury-Neptune 2013-05-21, 0:25:47 135°00'00" Mercury: Venus-Mars 2013-05-22, 15:40:33 45°00'00" Sun: Venus-Uranus 2013-05-24, 8:25:10 90°00'00" Sun: Mercury-Saturn 2013-05-24, 13:17:38 90°00'00" Sun: Mercury-Jupiter 2013-05-24, 23:12:26 45°00'00" Earth: Mercury-Saturn 2013-05-26, 5:51:16 135°00'00" Sun: Mercury-Mars 2013-05-26, 15:32:53 90°00'00" Earth: Venus-Saturn 2013-05-26, 21:11:38 135°00'00" Moon-Earth-Neptune 2013-05-18, 19:18:15 335°04'57" Moon-Earth-Uranus 2013-05-21, 12:40:15 11°04'34" Earth-Moon-Saturn 2013-05-23, 7:11:31 216°13'27" Moon-Earth-Mars 2013-05-24, 13:30:00 54°52'56" Moon-Earth-Sun 2013-05-25, 3:57:29 63°55'55" Moon-Earth-Venus 2013-05-26, 5:47:20 80°12'52" Moon-Earth-Mercury 2013-05-26, 7:16:08 81°08'55" Moon-Earth-Jupiter 2013-05-26, 9:54:50 82°49'05" Earth: Moon-Saturn 2013-05-16, 12:02:05 90°00'00" Earth: Moon-Mars 2013-05-17, 13:58:05 90°00'00" Earth: Moon-Uranus 2013-05-18, 1:48:15 135°00'00" Earth: Moon-Sun 2013-05-18, 4:16:42 90°00'00" Earth: Moon-Mercury 2013-05-18, 21:44:04 90°00'00" Earth: Moon-Venus 2013-05-19, 7:48:51 90°00'00" Earth: Moon-Jupiter 2013-05-20, 1:38:33 90°00'00" Earth: Moon-Saturn 2013-05-20, 1:42:11 45°00'00" Earth: Moon-Mars 2013-05-21, 6:26:03 135°00'00" Earth: Moon-Sun 2013-05-21, 20:46:20 135°00'00" Earth: Moon-Neptune 2013-05-22, 4:13:13 135°00'00" Earth: Moon-Mercury 2013-05-22, 19:58:57 135°00'00" Earth: Moon-Venus 2013-05-22, 22:50:52 135°00'00" Earth: Moon-Jupiter 2013-05-23, 8:41:30 135°00'00" Earth: Moon-Uranus 2013-05-24, 15:37:01 135°00'00" Earth: Moon-Neptune 2013-05-25, 5:52:42 90°00'00" Earth: Moon-Saturn 2013-05-26, 7:05:27 45°00'00"