Mw 6.0 Mindanao, Philippines

On 20 April 2022 a strong earthquake occurred at Mindanao, Philippines at a depth of 26 km. The seismic event occurred at 21:57:43 UTC and had an estimated moment magnitude (Mw) 6.0.

On the 18th the Earth-Mercury-Uranus conjunction occurred. As a result some seismic increase was anticipated from the 18th to the 20th, largely due to a lunar conjunction with Uranus hours before the planetary conjunction was exact. Two strong earthquakes occurred on the 19th and one on the 20th. A stronger earthquake occurred early on the 21st due to the Mercury-Sun-Mars conjunction on the 20th.

Earth-Mercury-Uranus      2022-04-18,  4:46:55   43°30'53"
Mercury-Sun-Mars          2022-04-20,  9:34:46  297°15'15"

Moon-Earth-Sun            2022-04-16, 18:13:25   26°26'01"
Moon-Earth-Mercury        2022-04-17, 22:01:43   43°00'37"
Moon-Earth-Uranus         2022-04-17, 22:50:45   43°30'03"
					

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