On 21 March 2023 a strong earthquake occurred at Hindu-Kush Region, Afghantisan at a depth of 189 km. The seismic event occurred at 16:47:24 UTC and had an estimated moment magnitude (Mw) 6.5.
The estimated primary trigger of this seismic event is a convergence of a planetary and lunar conjunction on 21-22 March 2023.
A series of planetary conjunctions occurred from 15 to 17 March due to a quadruple conjunction involving Earth, the Sun, Mercury and Venus, which resulted in major seismic activity on 16 and 18 March. This planetary geometry was followed by a lunar conjunctionwith the Sun (New Moon) and a planetary conjunction with the Sun, Mercury and Jupiter on 21-22 March. A second strong earthquake occurred on the 22nd.
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Earth-Sun-Neptune 2023-03-15, 23:41:00 354°48'06" Earth-Mercury-Neptune 2023-03-16, 17:06:37 354°49'46" Sun-Mercury-Neptune 2023-03-17, 3:02:19 354°48'31" Mercury-Sun-Earth 2023-03-17, 10:30:19 176°14'50" Sun-Mercury-Jupiter 2023-03-22, 2:28:03 19°31'59" Sun: Mercury-Venus 2023-03-15, 14:38:29 90°00'00" Mercury: Venus-Jupiter 2023-03-18, 16:05:11 90°00'00" Sun: Venus-Neptune 2023-03-19, 20:19:08 90°00'00" Moon-Earth-Mars 2023-03-15, 3:17:12 84°49'43" Earth-Moon-Saturn 2023-03-19, 16:50:06 331°04'55" Earth-Moon-Neptune 2023-03-21, 7:39:19 355°00'14" Earth-Moon-Sun 2023-03-21, 16:39:23 0°28'53" Earth-Moon-Mercury 2023-03-22, 0:47:17 5°23'44" Earth-Moon-Jupiter 2023-03-22, 19:35:01 16°36'35" Earth: Moon-Neptune 2023-03-18, 6:32:55 45°00'00" Earth: Moon-Mars 2023-03-18, 8:51:28 135°00'00" Earth: Moon-Sun 2023-03-18, 10:21:51 45°00'00" Earth: Moon-Mercury 2023-03-18, 12:10:37 45°00'00" Earth: Moon-Uranus 2023-03-18, 16:14:58 90°00'00" Earth: Moon-Jupiter 2023-03-19, 16:29:21 45°00'00" Earth: Moon-Venus 2023-03-20, 22:40:31 45°00'00" Earth: Moon-Mars 2023-03-21, 12:12:25 90°00'00" Earth: Moon-Uranus 2023-03-21, 17:30:37 45°00'00" Earth: Moon-Saturn 2023-03-22, 19:16:24 45°00'00"