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On 14 December 2022 a strong earthquake occurred at the Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands at a depth of 71 km. The seismic event occurred at 18:40:27 UTC and had an estimated moment magnitude (Mw) 6.3.

The estimated primary trigger of this seismic event is a planetary conjunction with Saturn on 12 December followed by a lunar conjunction also with Saturn on 13 December.

On 12 December the planetary conjunction Sun-Mercury-Saturn occurred, which can be associated with strong to major seismic events, but usually in a convergence with other planetary conjunctions (compare 2016). This time, the planetary conjunction was on its own, followed a day later by a lunar conjunction, also with Saturn.

#MoonSaturn

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


SSGI SUM graph of critical planetary (PG) geometry

geometry

Sun-Earth-Mars            2022-12-08,  5:34:20   75°46'48"
Sun-Mercury-Saturn        2022-12-12,  1:05:39  325°19'33"

Venus:   Earth-Uranus     2022-12-13, 11:22:35   45°00'00"
Mercury: Earth-Saturn     2022-12-14,  1:41:37  135°00'00"

Moon-Earth-Sun            2022-12-08,  3:23:09  255°41'15"
Earth-Moon-Mars           2022-12-08,  3:37:45   75°48'40"
Moon-Earth-Venus          2022-12-09,  4:44:26  268°29'03"
Moon-Earth-Mercury        2022-12-09, 15:10:03  273°42'33"
Moon-Earth-Saturn         2022-12-13, 13:27:20  320°26'23"
Moon-Earth-Neptune        2022-12-16,  4:57:34  352°22'20"
Moon-Earth-Jupiter        2022-12-16, 18:29:51  359°22'10"