On 7 October 2023 a strong earthquake occurred at Western Afghanistan at a depth of 12 km. The seismic event occurred at 07:12:50 UTC and had an estimated moment magnitude (Mw) 6.3.
The estimated primary trigger of this seismic event is a Mercury-Sun-Saturn conjunction early on 7 October 2023.
On 7 October a Mercury-Sun-Saturn conjunction occurred at 05:22 UTC. It was preceded by lunar semi-right angles with Venus and Saturn on 6 October. This geometry triggered a cluster of strong earthquakes on 7 October, whereby strong earthquakes occurred in Western Afghanistan and in Eastern New Guinea.
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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" Mercury-Sun-Saturn 2023-10-07, 05:22:03 334°48'28" Sun-Venus-Uranus 2023-10-09, 02:38:37 50°19'37" 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" Mercury: Earth-Uranus 2023-10-07, 15:11:40 45°00'00" Venus: Mars-Neptune 2023-10-08, 22:59:43 135°00'00" Earth: Mercury-Uranus 2023-10-09, 04:24:48 135°00'00" 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-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" Earth: Moon-Mars 2023-10-07, 16:43:30 90°00'00" Earth: Moon-Neptune 2023-10-08, 20:20:51 135°00'00" Earth: Moon-Jupiter 2023-10-09, 02:14:33 90°00'00" Earth: Moon-Uranus 2023-10-09, 19:54:49 90°00'00" Earth: Moon-Mercury 2023-10-09, 22:41:32 45°00'00"