Mw 7.1 Peru-Brazil Border Region

On 24 August 2018 a major earthquake occurred in the Peru-Brazil Border Region at a depth of 651 km. The seismic event occurred at 09:04:08 UTC and had an estimated moment magnitude (Mw) 7.1.

This was the second major earthquake that followed on the Venus-Mars-Neptune alignment on the 20th, while the Moon lined up with Mars on the 23rd.

Venus-Mars-Neptune        2018-08-20,  4:10:00  345°54'44"
Sun-Mercury-Uranus        2018-08-25, 12:45:25   29°38'41"

Earth-Moon-Saturn         2018-08-21,  8:58:27  272°29'30"
Earth-Moon-Mars           2018-08-23, 13:45:42  298°27'44"

Sun:     Earth-Jupiter    2018-08-19,  6:17:45   90°00'00"
Mercury: Venus-Earth      2018-08-24,  6:22:22   45°00'00"
          

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