On 10 October 2018 a major earthquake occurred in the New Britain Region, P.N.G. at a depth of 30 km. The seismic event occurred at 20:48:19 UTC and had an estimated moment magnitude (Mw) 7.0.
Two planetary alignments involving Mercury occurred hours before the earthquake, most notably Mercury-Earth-Uranus while Earth was also closely aligned between Venus and Uranus. Note that the Mercury-Venus-Uranus alignment was exact early on the 12th. Additional larger seismic activity occurred on the 13th as a result.
Sun-Mercury-Jupiter 2018-10-10, 2:50:25 240°00'35" Mercury-Earth-Uranus 2018-10-10, 17:20:37 30°49'55" Mercury-Venus-Uranus 2018-10-12, 1:30:24 30°55'14" Earth-Moon-Sun 2018-10-09, 3:24:41 195°32'12" Earth-Moon-Mercury 2018-10-10, 4:13:58 209°59'07" Moon-Earth-Uranus 2018-10-10, 5:44:18 30°51'04" Earth-Moon-Venus 2018-10-10, 21:54:41 220°03'53" Earth-Moon-Jupiter 2018-10-11, 22:50:39 233°56'20"