Mw 6.6 Sunda Strait, Indonesia

On 14 January 2022 a strong earthquake occurred in the Sunda Strait, Indonesia at a depth of 40 km. The seismic event occurred at 09:05:43 UTC and had an estimated moment magnitude (Mw) 6.6.

The earthquake occurred after critical planetary geometry from 8 to 13 January, in particular the Mercury-Sun-Mars conjunction on the 13th. Lunar geometry was also critical peaking index 17 on January 10-11 and 14-15.

Venus-Mercury-Saturn      2022-01-08,  0:49:59  312°57'10"
Sun-Venus-Earth           2022-01-09,  0:41:37  108°25'00"
Sun-Mercury-Uranus        2022-01-10, 10:46:22   43°13'00"
Mercury-Sun-Mars          2022-01-13, 13:24:33  242°10'12"

Earth-Moon-Uranus         2022-01-11, 11:48:03   40°32'09"
					

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