Mw 6.6 Western Sichuan, China

On 5 September 2022 a strong earthquake occurred in Western Sichuan, China at a depth of 10 km. The seismic event occurred at 04:52:19 UTC and had an estimated moment magnitude (Mw) 6.6.

The main trigger for the strong tremors on 4 and 5 September was the Earth-Mercury-Jupiter conjunction, but the critical geometry on 28-30 August should be considered as well. This strong tremor occurred at the lunar peak on 5 September that reached index 13. Also note the lunar conjunction with Mars on 3 September.

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Venus-Mars-Jupiter        2022-08-28,  2:43:54  353°50'25"
Venus-Earth-Saturn        2022-08-28, 18:10:22  320°32'51"
Mercury-Earth-Jupiter     2022-09-03,  1:37:51    6°20'34"

Moon-Earth-Uranus         2022-09-02,  2:23:23   48°34'33"
Moon-Earth-Mars           2022-09-03, 11:41:54   67°34'10"
					

SSGI COMMON graph of critical planetary (PG) and lunar (LG) geometry


SSGI SUM graph of critical planetary (PG) geometry