On 16 August 2023 a strong earthquake occurred at Vanuatu at a depth of 200 km. The seismic event occurred at 12:47:40 UTC and had an estimated moment magnitude (Mw) 6.4.
The estimated primary trigger of this seismic event is a convergence of critical planetary and lunar geometry on 15-16 August 2023.
Early on 16 August the critical planetary conjunction Mars-Venus-Neptune occurred. It converged with a lunar conjunction with Venus at the same time. Several hours later, a lunar conjunction occurred with the Sun (New Moon). In addition, lunar right angles occurred with Jupiter and Uranus on 15-16 August.
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Mercury-Venus-Neptune 2023-08-11, 13:32:15 356°35'17" Sun-Venus-Earth 2023-08-13, 11:09:47 320°08'39" Mars-Venus-Neptune 2023-08-16, 00:09:31 356°28'27" Earth: Venus-Uranus 2023-08-09, 11:03:16 90°00'00" Venus: Earth-Uranus 2023-08-10, 19:44:20 90°00'00" Sun: Mercury-Jupiter 2023-08-10, 20:02:37 135°00'00" Venus: Mercury-Jupiter 2023-08-11, 03:49:50 135°00'00" Sun: Venus-Uranus 2023-08-13, 04:14:46 90°00'00" Sun: Mercury-Neptune 2023-08-13, 19:43:09 90°00'00" Venus: Mars-Jupiter 2023-08-15, 14:14:17 135°00'00" Venus: Mercury-Earth 2023-08-16, 00:45:43 135°00'00" Sun: Venus-Mars 2023-08-16, 22:14:28 135°00'00" Sun: Mercury-Uranus 2023-08-17, 01:14:50 135°00'00" Mercury: Venus-Uranus 2023-08-17, 12:57:01 45°00'00" Venus: Mercury-Uranus 2023-08-18, 09:44:24 135°00'00" Earth-Moon-Venus 2023-08-16, 00:04:28 138°34'35" Earth-Moon-Sun 2023-08-16, 08:53:53 142°56'08" Moon-Earth-Saturn 2023-08-17, 07:49:35 334°15'21" Earth-Moon-Mercury 2023-08-18, 16:24:43 170°21'44" Earth: Moon-Saturn 2023-08-09, 22:00:38 90°00'00" Earth: Moon-Mercury 2023-08-10, 17:15:28 90°00'00" Earth: Moon-Mars 2023-08-11, 01:43:11 90°00'00" Earth: Moon-Neptune 2023-08-11, 16:44:16 90°00'00" Earth: Moon-Jupiter 2023-08-11, 21:31:03 45°00'00" Earth: Moon-Sun 2023-08-12, 06:42:06 45°00'00" Earth: Moon-Venus 2023-08-12, 10:13:40 45°00'00" Earth: Moon-Uranus 2023-08-12, 13:53:01 45°00'00" Earth: Moon-Saturn 2023-08-13, 13:34:38 135°00'00" Earth: Moon-Mercury 2023-08-14, 16:46:53 45°00'00" Earth: Moon-Mars 2023-08-15, 00:04:00 45°00'00" Earth: Moon-Neptune 2023-08-15, 10:26:31 135°00'00" Earth: Moon-Jupiter 2023-08-15, 16:02:58 90°00'00" Earth: Moon-Uranus 2023-08-16, 08:22:52 90°00'00"