Mw 7.3 Celebes Sea
updated 16 August 2021

On 10 January 2017 a major earthquake occurred at the Celebes Sea at a depth of 630 km. The seismic event occurred at 06:13:47 UTC and had an estimated moment magnitude (Mw) 7.3.

Two planetary alignments involving Mercury converged a day before the earthquake while lunar geometry peaked 13 at the same time. While seismic response often takes 2-3 days, the major earthquake at the Celebes Sea occurred less than 24 hours later and deep inside the asthenosphere.

Mercury-Sun-Neptune       2017-01-09, 10:29:16  341°09'57"
Mars-Mercury-Jupiter      2017-01-09, 11:33:54  193°20'39"
          
SSGI chart
SSGI depiction of planetary (PG) and lunar (LG) geometry

 

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