Mw 6.1 Santiago del Estero, Argentina

updated 29 August 2023

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On 23 August 2023 a strong earthquake occurred at Santiago del Estero, Argentina at a depth of 558 km. The seismic event occurred at 14:22:43 UTC and had an estimated moment magnitude (Mw) 6.1.

The estimated primary trigger of this seismic event is a convergence of planetary and lunar geometry on 22-23 August 2023.

On 22 August Earth was between Mars and Neptune. This geometry converged with a high lunar peak, partially due to a lunar conjunction with Jupiter early on 23 August, but primarily because of lunar semi-right angles with Mars and Neptune, which was the tightest lunar geometry (within 6 minutes) with these planets in the 2023 approach.

Earth's position between Mars and Neptune resulted in critical lunar geometry in August 2023, most notably double right angles on 26 August, which can result in major to great seismic activity, often within about 3 days. A major earthquake occurred on 28 August deep below the Bali sea.

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SSGI COMMON graph of critical planetary (PG) and lunar (LG) geometry

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SSGI SUM graph of critical planetary (PG) geometry

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Mars-Venus-Neptune        2023-08-16, 00:09:31  356°28'27"
Mars-Mercury-Neptune      2023-08-19, 22:59:56  356°35'08"
Sun-Venus-Saturn          2023-08-21, 18:56:34  333°19'34"
Mars-Earth-Neptune        2023-08-22, 20:06:07  356°39'58"

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"
Sun:     Mercury-Earth    2023-08-19, 02:19:30   45°00'00"
Sun:     Mercury-Mars     2023-08-19, 12:40:45   90°00'00"
Venus:   Earth-Mars       2023-08-21, 07:37:07  135°00'00"
Sun:     Mercury-Venus    2023-08-21, 17:07:42   45°00'00"
Sun:     Mercury-Saturn   2023-08-21, 18:05:10   45°00'00"
Venus:   Jupiter-Neptune  2023-08-22, 04:25:49   45°00'00"
Earth:   Venus-Jupiter    2023-08-22, 12:11:50   90°00'00"
Earth:   Venus-Mars       2023-08-25, 19:50:47   45°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-Mars           2023-08-19, 00:13:03  174°13'52"
Moon-Earth-Neptune        2023-08-19, 05:17:33  356°45'01"
Moon-Earth-Jupiter        2023-08-23, 04:08:58   45°00'03"
Moon-Earth-Uranus         2023-08-23, 18:41:38   52°44'07"

Earth:   Moon-Uranus      2023-08-16, 08:22:52   90°00'00"
Earth:   Moon-Jupiter     2023-08-19, 11:29:14  135°00'00"
Earth:   Moon-Venus       2023-08-19, 14:46:17   45°00'00"
Earth:   Moon-Uranus      2023-08-20, 03:17:32  135°00'00"
Earth:   Moon-Sun         2023-08-20, 11:37:45   45°00'00"
Earth:   Moon-Saturn      2023-08-21, 01:41:04  135°00'00"
Earth:   Moon-Mercury     2023-08-22, 11:47:25   45°00'00"
Earth:   Moon-Neptune     2023-08-22, 21:48:16  135°00'00"
Earth:   Moon-Mars        2023-08-22, 21:53:56   45°00'00"
Earth:   Moon-Venus       2023-08-23, 03:31:59   90°00'00"
Earth:   Moon-Sun         2023-08-24, 09:19:43   90°00'00"
Earth:   Moon-Saturn      2023-08-24, 14:54:16   90°00'00"
Earth:   Moon-Mercury     2023-08-25, 22:13:30   90°00'00"

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