Mw 6.3 South of Fiji Islands

On 19 March 2022 a strong earthquake occurred South of Fiji Islands at a depth of 20 km. The seismic event occurred at 21:24:21 UTC and had an estimated moment magnitude (Mw) 6.3.

Due to critical lunar geometry on the 17th (peaking index 18) larger seismic activity was anticipated, potentially reaching higher 6 magnitude in the following two days. Earth's right angle with Venus and Uranus earlier on the 19th may have contributed to the strong tremor. See also the Telegram pot below.

Earth:   Venus-Uranus     2022-03-19, 11:18:06   90°

Moon-Earth-Mercury        2022-03-17,  1:26:35  341°08'07" (minimal effect)
Moon-Earth-Jupiter        2022-03-17, 13:07:28  347°33'47"
Moon-Earth-Neptune        2022-03-17, 22:27:03  352°44'33"
Moon-Earth-Sun            2022-03-18,  6:40:34  357°20'37"
					

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