On 4 December 2015 a major earthquake occurred at Southeast Indian Ridge at a depth of 10 km. The seismic event occurred at 22:24:53 UTC and had an estimated moment magnitude (Mw) 7.1.
The estimated primary trigger of this seismic event is a convergence of critical lunar geometry on 2 December 2015.
On 2 December a lunar conjunction with Neptune converged with semi-right angle lunar geometry involving Mars and Uranus, as Earth was positioned closely between these two planets (planetary conjunctions with these planets occurred on 6 December). The earthquake occurred about 18 hours after a lunar conjunction with Jupiter.
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Earth-Sun-Saturn 2015-11-30, 00:18:42 0°00'00" Sun-Mars-Jupiter 2015-12-01, 01:40:19 0°00'00" Mercury: Earth-Neptune 2015-11-27, 01:35:01 90°00'00" Mercury: Venus-Uranus 2015-11-27, 03:58:32 90°00'00" Mercury: Venus-Jupiter 2015-11-27, 10:52:44 45°00'00" Venus: Mercury-Earth 2015-11-27, 18:03:20 90°00'00" Mercury: Venus-Saturn 2015-11-27, 20:56:30 135°00'00" Earth: Venus-Neptune 2015-11-28, 07:57:53 135°00'00" Earth: Venus-Saturn 2015-11-28, 12:54:17 45°00'00" Venus: Mercury-Neptune 2015-11-28, 16:21:05 45°00'00" Sun: Mercury-Venus 2015-11-28, 20:52:17 135°00'00" Mercury: Venus-Neptune 2015-11-29, 09:27:20 135°00'00" Venus: Earth-Neptune 2015-11-29, 10:40:47 45°00'00" Venus: Mercury-Saturn 2015-11-30, 00:26:42 45°00'00" Mercury: Jupiter-Saturn 2015-11-30, 22:37:58 90°00'00" Sun: Earth-Neptune 2015-12-01, 11:41:36 90°00'00" Venus: Mercury-Jupiter 2015-12-01, 15:17:32 135°00'00" Venus: Earth-Saturn 2015-12-01, 22:52:48 135°00'00" Sun: Earth-Jupiter 2015-12-03, 11:07:08 90°00'00" Venus: Earth-Jupiter 2015-12-04, 10:04:46 135°00'00" Earth: Mercury-Jupiter 2015-12-04, 12:43:20 90°00'00" Sun: Earth-Mars 2015-12-04, 22:57:11 90°00'00" Mercury: Venus-Earth 2015-12-05, 17:34:55 45°00'00" Sun: Mercury-Uranus 2015-12-06, 22:11:55 90°00'00" Moon-Earth-Neptune 2015-12-02, 23:49:44 0°00'00" Earth-Moon-Jupiter 2015-12-04, 04:34:30 0°00'00" Earth-Moon-Mars 2015-12-06, 02:10:33 0°00'00" Moon-Earth-Uranus 2015-12-06, 08:11:03 0°00'00" Earth: Moon-Jupiter 2015-11-27, 03:05:10 90°00'00" Earth: Moon-Mars 2015-11-28, 11:15:18 90°00'00" Earth: Moon-Uranus 2015-11-29, 00:39:13 90°00'00" Earth: Moon-Sun 2015-11-29, 09:35:03 135°00'00" Earth: Moon-Neptune 2015-11-29, 09:58:24 135°00'00" Earth: Moon-Saturn 2015-11-29, 10:35:05 135°00'00" Earth: Moon-Venus 2015-11-29, 12:26:36 90°00'00" Earth: Moon-Mercury 2015-11-29, 23:13:05 135°00'00" Earth: Moon-Jupiter 2015-11-30, 11:32:51 45°00'00" Earth: Moon-Mars 2015-12-02, 02:46:57 45°00'00" Earth: Moon-Uranus 2015-12-02, 13:19:21 135°00'00" Earth: Moon-Saturn 2015-12-03, 01:18:27 90°00'00" Earth: Moon-Sun 2015-12-03, 07:15:25 90°00'00" Earth: Moon-Venus 2015-12-03, 11:45:24 45°00'00" Earth: Moon-Mercury 2015-12-04, 03:25:48 90°00'00" Earth: Moon-Neptune 2015-12-06, 19:06:56 135°00'00" Earth: Moon-Saturn 2015-12-06, 21:27:38 45°00'00"