On 27 March 2023 a strong earthquake occurred at the Solomon Islands at a depth of 81 km. The seismic event occurred at 22:19:16 UTC and had an estimated moment magnitude (Mw) 6.1.
The estimated primary trigger of this seismic event is a convergence of two planetary conjunctions with Mercury on 27-28 March 2023.
Two planetary conjunctions occurred with Mercury on 27 and 28 March. The first conjunction was Sun-Mercury-Uranus early on the 27th. The second conjunction was Earth-Mercury-Jupiter early on 28 March. A second strong earthquake occurred several hours later.
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Sun-Mercury-Jupiter 2023-03-22, 2:28:03 19°31'59" Sun-Mercury-Uranus 2023-03-27, 2:49:09 48°07'48" Earth-Mercury-Jupiter 2023-03-28, 6:45:36 17°54'53" Sun: Venus-Earth 2023-03-25, 23:27:35 90°00'00" Mercury: Mars-Uranus 2023-03-26, 1:25:20 90°00'00" 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-Venus 2023-03-24, 9:46:04 38°39'19" Earth-Moon-Uranus 2023-03-24, 23:10:40 46°08'43" Earth-Moon-Mars 2023-03-28, 12:38:35 91°09'46"