Mw 6.7 Northwest of Kuril Islands

On 13 October 2018 a strong earthquake occurred Northwest of Kuril Islands at a depth of 469 km. The seismic event occurred at 11:10:22 UTC and had an estimated moment magnitude (Mw) 6.7.

A convergence of critical planetary geometry involving Mercury occurred on 10 October, including a Mercury-Earth-Uranus alignment. This geometry already caused a major seismic event on the same day. Early on the 12th, a Mercury-Venus-Uranus alignment added to the potential of strong to major seismic activity for 13-14 October.

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"
Mercury-Venus-Earth       2018-10-15, 20:11:24   38°35'23"

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