On 25 February 2023 a strong earthquake occurred at New Britain Region, P.N.G at a depth of 60 km. The seismic event occurred at 21:24:51 UTC and had an estimated moment magnitude (Mw) 6.2.
The estimated primary trigger of this seismic event is a convergence of a lunar and planetary conjunction on 24-25 February.
On 24 February a planetary conjunctionSun-Venus-Uranus was followed early on 25 February by a lunar conjunction, also with Uranus. As a result, stronger seismic activity was anticipated to occur on 25-26 February. An atmospheric fluctuation marked the region close to the epicenter.
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Sun-Venus-Uranus 2023-02-24, 19:49:57 47°47'28" Mercury: Mars-Saturn 2023-02-18, 6:15:03 135°00'00" Sun: Mercury-Neptune 2023-02-18, 11:54:38 90°00'00" Mercury: Earth-Neptune 2023-02-19, 0:02:28 135°00'00" Venus: Mercury-Jupiter 2023-02-19, 15:02:00 135°00'00" Sun: Venus-Neptune 2023-02-19, 17:56:25 45°00'00" Venus: Mars-Uranus 2023-02-20, 3:55:12 90°00'00" Mercury: Venus-Saturn 2023-02-20, 13:19:58 90°00'00" Sun: Mercury-Uranus 2023-02-21, 9:51:03 135°00'00" Earth: Mercury-Uranus 2023-02-21, 22:13:51 90°00'00" Mercury: Venus-Mars 2023-02-22, 20:01:20 45°00'00" Venus: Earth-Uranus 2023-02-22, 22:18:04 135°00'00" Mercury: Venus-Jupiter 2023-02-24, 7:08:35 45°00'00" Mercury: Earth-Uranus 2023-02-24, 8:34:11 90°00'00" Sun: Mercury-Saturn 2023-02-24, 21:27:45 45°00'00" Venus: Earth-Mars 2023-02-24, 22:52:01 45°00'00" Mercury: Mars-Jupiter 2023-02-25, 22:00:15 90°00'00" Sun: Mercury-Jupiter 2023-02-26, 11:50:04 90°00'00" Venus: Earth-Saturn 2023-02-27, 13:09:50 135°00'00" 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"