On 5 August 2023 a strong earthquake occurred at Santiago del Estero, Argentina at a depth of 585 km. The seismic event occurred at 07:20:07 UTC and had an estimated moment magnitude (Mw) 6.2.
The estimated primary trigger of this seismic event is a near convergence of lunar conjunctions on 3-4 August.
Opposite lunar conjunctions occurred on 3 and 4 August with Saturn and Mars respectively. These conjunctions were preceded by a convergence of two planetary conjunctions on 31 July and another planetary conjunction near Full Moon on 2 August involving Mercury, Earth and Saturn. Larger seismic activity was anticipated, but it did not exceed Mw 6.2 on 5 August.
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Mercury-Venus-Saturn 2023-07-31, 01:59:10 335°09'07" Mercury-Sun-Uranus 2023-07-31, 19:53:48 49°32'59" Mercury-Earth-Saturn 2023-08-02, 02:06:05 335°18'48" Sun: Mercury-Mars 2023-07-31, 08:36:43 45°00'00" Sun: Venus-Jupiter 2023-08-01, 18:50:09 90°00'00" Sun: Mercury-Saturn 2023-08-05, 12:06:32 90°00'00" Sun: Venus-Neptune 2023-08-07, 11:33:08 45°00'00" Mercury: Venus-Jupiter 2023-08-07, 21:36:20 45°00'00" Moon-Earth-Sun 2023-08-01, 18:02:39 128°55'20" Moon-Earth-Venus 2023-08-02, 20:45:11 145°58'40" Earth-Moon-Saturn 2023-08-03, 11:19:13 335°13'28" Moon-Earth-Mercury 2023-08-03, 14:26:48 157°11'55" Moon-Earth-Mars 2023-08-04, 02:38:33 164°51'13" Earth-Moon-Neptune 2023-08-04, 22:21:21 357°02'20" Earth: Moon-Sun 2023-07-29, 12:36:04 135°00'00" Earth: Moon-Neptune 2023-07-29, 23:07:49 90°00'00" Earth: Moon-Jupiter 2023-07-30, 00:48:13 135°00'00" Earth: Moon-Uranus 2023-07-30, 15:57:51 135°00'00" Earth: Moon-Venus 2023-07-30, 23:28:26 135°00'00" Earth: Moon-Mercury 2023-07-31, 09:10:58 135°00'00" Earth: Moon-Saturn 2023-07-31, 12:52:24 45°00'00" Earth: Moon-Mars 2023-08-01, 00:47:15 135°00'00" Earth: Moon-Neptune 2023-08-01, 23:00:07 45°00'00" Earth: Moon-Jupiter 2023-08-02, 01:09:30 90°00'00" Earth: Moon-Uranus 2023-08-02, 15:14:08 90°00'00" Earth: Moon-Sun 2023-08-04, 22:13:28 135°00'00" Earth: Moon-Jupiter 2023-08-05, 01:10:52 45°00'00" Earth: Moon-Uranus 2023-08-05, 15:41:06 45°00'00" Earth: Moon-Venus 2023-08-05, 19:11:15 135°00'00" Earth: Moon-Saturn 2023-08-06, 12:52:55 45°00'00" Earth: Moon-Mercury 2023-08-06, 23:23:31 135°00'00" Earth: Moon-Mars 2023-08-07, 09:37:55 135°00'00"