Mw 6.6 Near the East Coast of Kamchatka

On 29 March 2017 a strong earthquake occurred near the East Coast of Kamchatka at a depth of 20 km. The seismic event occurred at 04:09:24 UTC and had an estimated moment magnitude (Mw) 6.6.

Four planetary alignments from 24 to 26 March preceded the strong earthquake, most notably Earth-Mercury-Uranus on the 26th. Lunar geometry was critical on the 28th reaching index 15, primarily because of the Moon's alignment with the Sun (New Moon) and with Jupiter (opposition).

Mercury-Sun-Saturn        2017-03-24,  6:49:27  261°45'33"
Mercury-Earth-Jupiter     2017-03-24, 12:34:14  199°48'50"
Sun-Venus-Earth           2017-03-25, 10:11:24  184°43'02"
Earth-Mercury-Uranus      2017-03-26, 15:03:07   23°10'32"

Earth-Moon-Sun            2017-03-28,  2:25:05    7°22'03"
Moon-Earth-Jupiter        2017-03-28, 22:09:23  199°16'43"
          

SSGI depiction of planetary (PG) and lunar (LG) geometry