On 4 January 2022 a strong earthquake occurred at the Banda Sea at a depth of 549 km. The seismic event occurred at 20:55:47 UTC and had an estimated moment magnitude (Mw) 6.0.
Critical planetary geometry occurred from 29 to 31 December, which could potentially have caused a great earthquake (Mw 8-9), especially 1-3 January. This did not happen this time and instead a series of low 6 magnitude earthquakes occurred on 3-4 January. A major earthquake occurred early in this critical time-frame in Indonesia.
Sun-Mercury-Jupiter 2021-12-28, 13:24:29 338°37'13" Mercury-Venus-Earth 2021-12-29, 10:19:09 114°08'08" Mars-Mercury-Uranus 2021-12-31, 1:29:34 43°58'12" Sun-Mercury-Neptune 2021-12-31, 16:39:35 352°08'20" Mars-Jupiter-Neptune 2022-01-02, 6:15:58 354°44'06" Moon-Earth-Uranus 2021-12-29, 15:09:32 40°41'07" Earth-Moon-Mars 2021-12-31, 19:22:25 252°40'06" Earth-Moon-Sun 2022-01-02, 17:59:48 282°00'56"