On 23 February 2023 a strong earthquake occurred north of Halmahera, Indonesia at a depth of 95 km. The seismic event occurred at 20:02:48 UTC and had an estimated moment magnitude (Mw) 6.3.
The estimated primary trigger of this seismic event is a lunar conjunction with Jupiter on 22 Fabruary 2023.
On 20 February 2023 a lunar conjunction with Saturn was followed several hours later by a lunar conjunction with the Sun (New Moon). As a result seismic activity was expected to peak around the 22nd. On the 22nd a lunar conjunction also occurred with Jupiter.
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Earth-Sun-Saturn 2023-02-16, 16:51:12 327°25'31" Sun-Venus-Uranus 2023-02-24, 19:49:57 47°47'28" Earth-Moon-Mercury 2023-02-18, 21:50:38 310°24'05" Earth-Moon-Saturn 2023-02-20, 1:20:15 327°49'51" Earth-Moon-Sun 2023-02-20, 6:23:25 331°01'22" Earth-Moon-Neptune 2023-02-21, 19:14:48 353°58'33" Earth-Moon-Venus 2023-02-22, 8:46:31 2°11'33" Earth-Moon-Jupiter 2023-02-22, 22:12:38 10°12'49" Earth-Moon-Uranus 2023-02-25, 11:51:43 45°06'28"