Mw 7.0 Solomon Islands

updated 20 February 2025

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On 18 November 2015 a major earthquake occurred at Solomon Islands at a depth of 20 km. The seismic event occurred at 18:31:05 UTC and had an estimated moment magnitude (Mw) 7.0.

The estimated primary trigger of this seismic event is a convergence of critical lunar geometry on 16 November 2015.

On 16 November a convergence of semi-right angle lunar geometry occurred with Saturn and Neptune. A seismic response of strong earthquakes already occurred on 16-17 November peaking Mw 6.5. The planetary conjunction with Mercury, the Sun and Earth may have been effective, but this is not conclusive.

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

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SSGI SUM graph of critical planetary (PG) geometry

geometry

Mercury-Sun-Earth         2015-11-17, 14:34:16    0°00'00"

Mercury: Earth-Mars       2015-11-12, 22:57:56   90°00'00"
Sun:     Venus-Mars       2015-11-15, 03:07:17   45°00'00"
Sun:     Venus-Uranus     2015-11-15, 03:58:15   90°00'00"
Venus:   Mercury-Mars     2015-11-15, 23:48:46   90°00'00"
Sun:     Venus-Saturn     2015-11-17, 03:19:04  135°00'00"
Sun:     Venus-Neptune    2015-11-18, 06:01:49  135°00'00"
Sun:     Venus-Jupiter    2015-11-18, 20:13:50   45°00'00"
Mercury: Venus-Mars       2015-11-19, 16:19:59   45°00'00"
Sun:     Mercury-Uranus   2015-11-20, 19:31:00  135°00'00"

Earth-Moon-Mercury        2015-11-11, 09:23:25    0°00'00"
Earth-Moon-Sun            2015-11-11, 17:21:58    0°00'00"
Earth-Moon-Saturn         2015-11-13, 01:23:33    0°00'00"
Earth-Moon-Neptune        2015-11-19, 23:52:26    0°00'00"
Moon-Earth-Jupiter        2015-11-20, 21:32:34    0°00'00"

Earth:   Moon-Mars        2015-11-11, 07:37:02   45°00'00"
Earth:   Moon-Venus       2015-11-11, 15:57:43   45°00'00"
Earth:   Moon-Uranus      2015-11-12, 19:18:04  135°00'00"
Earth:   Moon-Neptune     2015-11-13, 04:24:02   90°00'00"
Earth:   Moon-Jupiter     2015-11-14, 02:54:01   90°00'00"
Earth:   Moon-Mars        2015-11-15, 02:23:40   90°00'00"
Earth:   Moon-Mercury     2015-11-15, 12:08:40   45°00'00"
Earth:   Moon-Venus       2015-11-15, 14:03:14   90°00'00"
Earth:   Moon-Sun         2015-11-15, 14:37:03   45°00'00"
Earth:   Moon-Uranus      2015-11-16, 07:41:17   90°00'00"
Earth:   Moon-Saturn      2015-11-16, 14:23:50   45°00'00"
Earth:   Moon-Neptune     2015-11-16, 16:28:37   45°00'00"
Earth:   Moon-Jupiter     2015-11-17, 14:39:23  135°00'00"
Earth:   Moon-Mars        2015-11-18, 15:41:22  135°00'00"
Earth:   Moon-Sun         2015-11-19, 05:51:53   90°00'00"
Earth:   Moon-Venus       2015-11-19, 06:05:15  135°00'00"
Earth:   Moon-Mercury     2015-11-19, 07:43:03   90°00'00"
Earth:   Moon-Uranus      2015-11-19, 15:25:16   45°00'00"
Earth:   Moon-Saturn      2015-11-19, 22:35:09   90°00'00"

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