On 18 November 2022 a strong earthquake occurred southwest of Sumatra, Indonesia at a depth of 10 km. The seismic event occurred at 13:37:09 UTC and had an estimated moment magnitude (Mw) 6.8.
From 12 to 16 November three planetary conjunctions preceded the strong earthquake. In addition, critical planetary and lunar geometry converged on 15 and 16 November, with the Moon, Mercury and Venus making right and semi-right angles. A lunar conjunction with Saturn occurred early on 16 November.
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Venus-Sun-Mars 2022-11-12, 14:55:15 62°19'00" Mercury-Sun-Mars 2022-11-14, 20:24:21 63°30'43" Sun-Mercury-Venus 2022-11-16, 20:24:05 249°02'35" Venus-Mercury-Mars 2022-11-19, 1:46:59 67°58'33" Mercury: Jupiter-Saturn 2022-11-15, 5:36:32 45°00'00" Venus: Earth-Saturn 2022-11-15, 10:33:25 90°00'00" Mercury: Earth-Saturn 2022-11-15, 18:01:19 90°00'00" Mercury: Earth-Jupiter 2022-11-15, 20:07:13 45°00'00" Venus: Earth-Jupiter 2022-11-16, 7:22:19 45°00'00" Earth-Moon-Mars 2022-11-11, 12:57:24 84°15'14" Moon-Earth-Saturn 2022-11-16, 2:37:14 318°45'48" Moon-Earth-Neptune 2022-11-18, 20:34:55 352°23'33" Moon-Earth-Jupiter 2022-11-19, 8:10:47 358°31'09" Earth: Moon-Neptune 2022-11-15, 3:47:38 135°00'00" Earth: Moon-Mars 2022-11-15, 5:58:49 45°00'00" Earth: Moon-Jupiter 2022-11-15, 16:14:44 135°00'00" Earth: Moon-Uranus 2022-11-15, 21:42:44 90°00'00"