On 7 March 2023 a strong earthquake occurred in New Ireland Region at a depth of 10 km. The seismic event occurred at 13:51:50 UTC and had an estimated moment magnitude (Mw) 6.0.
The estimated primary trigger of this seismic event is a lunar conjunction with Saturn on 6 March.
The planetary conjunction Mars-Venus-Saturn was exact around 5 March. It was followed by a lunar conjunction with Saturn on 6 March and with the Sun (Full Moon) on 7 March.
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Mercury-Sun-Mars 2023-03-01, 7:58:55 115°57'19" Earth-Venus-Jupiter 2023-03-02, 5:32:45 11°49'54" Earth-Mercury-Saturn 2023-03-02, 14:28:57 329°05'55" Mars-Venus-Saturn 2023-03-05, 3:58:11 323°45'54" Earth-Moon-Mars 2023-02-28, 3:45:25 78°27'26" Moon-Earth-Saturn 2023-03-06, 2:41:08 329°30'53" Moon-Earth-Mercury 2023-03-06, 15:50:44 336°07'26" Moon-Earth-Sun 2023-03-07, 12:01:54 346°19'45" Moon-Earth-Neptune 2023-03-08, 4:04:40 354°30'21" Moon-Earth-Jupiter 2023-03-09, 16:56:05 13°32'05"