On 21 February 2022 a strong earthquake occurred in the Balleny Islands Region at a depth of 10 km. The seismic event occurred at 23:24:12 UTC and had an estimated moment magnitude (Mw) 6.3.
The earthquake occurred after a Venus-Mercury-Saturn conjunction (typically fast moving planets against a slow moving outer planet) on the 20th. The tremor was followed a day later by a strong earthquake in Jujuy, Argentina.
Mercury-Sun-Uranus 2022-02-17, 0:01:45 43°38'02" Venus-Sun-Neptune 2022-02-17, 10:40:08 352°25'42" Venus-Mercury-Saturn 2022-02-20, 21:52:41 318°46'26" Moon-Earth-Jupiter 2022-02-17, 16:57:27 340°50'51" Moon-Earth-Neptune 2022-02-18, 12:55:46 351°43'13"