On 4 October 2023 a strong earthquake occurred at Mindanao, Philippines at a depth of 122 km. The seismic event occurred at 11:21:48 UTC and had an estimated moment magnitude (Mw) 6.4.
The estimated primary trigger of this seismic event is Earth's conjunction with Mercury and Neptune on 2 October 2023.
On 2 October 2023 a Mercury-Earth-Neptune conjunction occurred at 15:21 UTC. It converged with two lunar conjunctions, the first with Jupiter at 01:10 and the second with Uranus at 15:28. A cluster of strong earthquakes commenced, including an earthquake swarm at the Izu Islands, following this planetary and lunar geometry.
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Sun-Venus-Jupiter 2023-09-30, 21:10:16 37°08'50" Mercury-Earth-Neptune 2023-10-02, 15:21:06 355°34'41" Mars-Venus-Jupiter 2023-10-04, 19:56:47 36°29'39" Venus: Mercury-Uranus 2023-09-27, 04:14:59 135°00'00" Venus: Earth-Uranus 2023-09-27, 15:34:27 90°00'00" Mercury: Mars-Neptune 2023-09-28, 06:42:54 135°00'00" Mercury: Earth-Jupiter 2023-09-28, 06:47:33 45°00'00" Sun: Mercury-Saturn 2023-09-28, 22:08:17 135°00'00" Earth: Venus-Uranus 2023-09-29, 17:42:06 90°00'00" Sun: Mercury-Mars 2023-09-30, 22:30:53 90°00'00" Sun: Mercury-Jupiter 2023-10-01, 22:44:48 90°00'00" Sun: Mercury-Venus 2023-10-02, 08:22:25 90°00'00" Venus: Mercury-Saturn 2023-10-02, 14:33:53 135°00'00" Sun: Mercury-Neptune 2023-10-02, 14:57:11 135°00'00" Sun: Venus-Neptune 2023-10-03, 07:16:52 45°00'00" Sun: Mercury-Uranus 2023-10-04, 08:04:04 90°00'00" Mercury: Venus-Saturn 2023-10-04, 08:40:07 45°00'00" Earth: Mercury-Jupiter 2023-10-04, 11:54:31 135°00'00" Sun: Mercury-Earth 2023-10-05, 14:11:26 135°00'00" Mercury: Earth-Mars 2023-10-05, 18:15:31 135°00'00" Earth-Moon-Saturn 2023-09-27, 02:34:03 331°21'34" Moon-Earth-Mercury 2023-09-28, 05:52:47 168°25'20" Earth-Moon-Neptune 2023-09-28, 17:30:20 355°41'00" Moon-Earth-Sun 2023-09-29, 09:33:46 185°40'00" Moon-Earth-Mars 2023-09-30, 11:56:02 201°51'00" Earth-Moon-Jupiter 2023-10-02, 01:10:38 44°00'44" Earth-Moon-Uranus 2023-10-02, 15:28:58 52°15'46" Earth: Moon-Mars 2023-09-27, 07:59:59 135°00'00" Earth: Moon-Jupiter 2023-09-28, 23:15:32 45°00'00" Earth: Moon-Venus 2023-09-29, 11:59:18 135°00'00" Earth: Moon-Uranus 2023-09-29, 12:16:19 45°00'00" Earth: Moon-Saturn 2023-09-30, 02:39:02 45°00'00" Earth: Moon-Mercury 2023-10-01, 16:33:20 135°00'00" Earth: Moon-Neptune 2023-10-01, 19:20:13 45°00'00" Earth: Moon-Sun 2023-10-02, 18:29:36 135°00'00" Earth: Moon-Venus 2023-10-02, 19:37:13 90°00'00" Earth: Moon-Saturn 2023-10-03, 06:58:38 90°00'00" Earth: Moon-Mars 2023-10-03, 21:34:59 135°00'00" Earth: Moon-Neptune 2023-10-05, 04:01:09 90°00'00" Earth: Moon-Jupiter 2023-10-05, 10:04:38 45°00'00" Earth: Moon-Mercury 2023-10-05, 13:52:03 90°00'00" Earth: Moon-Uranus 2023-10-06, 02:20:16 45°00'00" Earth: Moon-Venus 2023-10-06, 12:51:28 45°00'00" Earth: Moon-Sun 2023-10-06, 13:06:13 90°00'00" Earth: Moon-Saturn 2023-10-06, 19:18:03 135°00'00"