Mw 7.5 Papua New Guinea Region
updated 12 December 2022

On 10 September 2022 a major earthquake occurred in Papua New Guinea Region at a depth of 100 km. The seismic event occurred at 23:46:59 UTC and had an estimated moment magnitude (Mw) 7.5.

Strong seismic activity up to around mid 6 magnitude was anticipated due to the lunar peak on 8 September that reached index 15, partially because of the convergence of a geocentric semi-right angle between Jupiter and Saturn and a right angle with Saturn and Uranus. In addition, a convergence of two right angles occurred early on 9 September involving Venus, Mercury and two outer planets. It resulted in a significant seismic increase on 9-10 September with four larger earthquakes peaking magnitude 7.5, a full magnitude higher than anticipated. The full moon in the morning of 10 September may have been an additional factor.

Note: As of December 2022, the revised SSGI model shows additional critical planetary geometry, which is visible on the graph as dashed lines. It shows a clustering from 7 to 10 September and in particular a convergence on 9 September.

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Mercury: Venus-Mars       2022-09-09,  0:19:29   90°00'00"
Venus:   Mercury-Uranus   2022-09-09,  9:47:44   90°00'00"
Mercury: Venus-Uranus     2022-09-10, 20:36:28   90°00'00"

Earth-Moon-Saturn         2022-09-08, 12:08:46  319°49'12"
Moon-Earth-Venus          2022-09-09, 13:15:15  155°07'13"
Moon-Earth-Sun            2022-09-10,  9:34:43  167°21'47"
Earth-Moon-Neptune        2022-09-10, 20:31:31  353°52'38"

Earth:   Moon-Uranus      2022-09-08, 10:00:39   90°00'00"
Earth:   Moon-Saturn      2022-09-08, 12:08:46    0°00'00"
Earth:   Moon-Jupiter     2022-09-08, 13:37:23   45°00'00"
					
SSGI chart
SSGI COMMON graph of critical planetary (PG) and lunar (LG) geometry

SSGI chart
SSGI SUM graph of critical planetary (PG) geometry