Mw 7.0 New Britain Region, P.N.G.
updated 6 October 2021

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