On 28 December 2022 a strong earthquake occurred southeast of Loyalty Islands at a depth of 10 km. The seismic event occurred at 16:34:21 UTC and had an estimated moment magnitude (Mw) 6.0.
The estimated primary trigger of this seismic event is a near convergence of two planetary conjunctions on 28-29 December.
Critical planetary geometry with Mercury and Venus (PGme(r) and PGve(r)) occurred on 24 and 27 December. On 26 December a lunar conjunction occurred with Saturn. A near convergence of two planetary conjunctions — Sun-Mercury-Uranus and Venus-Mercury-Earth occurred on 28-29 December.
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Venus-Mercury-Mars 2022-12-21, 12:39:22 95°28'03" Sun-Mercury-Jupiter 2022-12-22, 13:30:10 11°19'32" Sun-Mercury-Uranus 2022-12-28, 23:37:30 47°08'40" Venus-Mercury-Earth 2022-12-29, 13:44:57 114°02'07" Sun: Mercury-Saturn 2022-12-22, 10:19:51 45°00'00" Mercury: Venus-Saturn 2022-12-23, 6:17:44 45°00'00" Mercury: Venus-Jupiter 2022-12-24, 1:26:46 90°00'00" Venus: Mercury-Saturn 2022-12-24, 13:39:58 135°00'00" Sun: Venus-Mars 2022-12-24, 20:34:55 135°00'00" Sun: Venus-Neptune 2022-12-24, 22:02:03 45°00'00" Venus: Earth-Jupiter 2022-12-25, 22:51:11 90°00'00" Sun: Mercury-Neptune 2022-12-27, 15:59:18 45°00'00" Venus: Mercury-Jupiter 2022-12-27, 17:50:31 90°00'00" Sun: Mercury-Mars 2022-12-27, 21:45:34 45°00'00" Sun: Mercury-Venus 2022-12-28, 15:59:22 90°00'00" Venus: Mars-Saturn 2022-12-29, 4:24:06 135°00'00" Sun: Venus-Uranus 2022-12-29, 21:03:03 90°00'00" Sun: Mercury-Earth 2022-12-29, 22:15:57 45°00'00" Sun: Mercury-Saturn 2022-12-30, 10:11:08 90°00'00" Sun: Mercury-Jupiter 2022-12-30, 14:42:14 45°00'00" Moon-Earth-Mars 2022-12-22, 1:18:16 70°59'27" Earth-Moon-Sun 2022-12-23, 9:50:13 271°13'03" Earth-Moon-Venus 2022-12-24, 11:52:57 287°40'14" Earth-Moon-Mercury 2022-12-24, 19:09:56 292°16'50" Earth-Moon-Saturn 2022-12-26, 17:59:23 321°35'44" Earth-Moon-Neptune 2022-12-28, 21:40:43 352°30'30" Earth-Moon-Jupiter 2022-12-29, 11:44:58 0°35'01" Earth: Moon-Venus 2022-12-21, 4:44:29 45°00'00" Earth: Moon-Mercury 2022-12-21, 14:34:53 45°00'00" Earth: Moon-Neptune 2022-12-22, 19:48:30 90°00'00" Earth: Moon-Jupiter 2022-12-23, 7:47:49 90°00'00" Earth: Moon-Uranus 2022-12-23, 7:55:28 135°00'00" Earth: Moon-Saturn 2022-12-23, 17:55:40 45°00'00" Earth: Moon-Mars 2022-12-24, 23:46:39 135°00'00" Earth: Moon-Neptune 2022-12-25, 19:15:33 45°00'00" Earth: Moon-Uranus 2022-12-26, 7:14:17 90°00'00" Earth: Moon-Jupiter 2022-12-26, 7:42:31 45°00'00" Earth: Moon-Sun 2022-12-26, 14:33:01 45°00'00" Earth: Moon-Venus 2022-12-27, 19:01:21 45°00'00" Earth: Moon-Mercury 2022-12-27, 22:26:18 45°00'00" Earth: Moon-Mars 2022-12-27, 23:31:59 90°00'00" Earth: Moon-Uranus 2022-12-29, 10:30:27 45°00'00" Earth: Moon-Saturn 2022-12-29, 22:56:37 45°00'00" Earth: Moon-Sun 2022-12-30, 0:50:42 90°00'00"