On 11 October 2023 a strong earthquake occurred in Western Afghanistan at a depth of 10 km. The seismic event occurred at 00:41:56 UTC and had an estimated moment magnitude (Mw) 6.3.
The estimated primary trigger of this seismic event is a convergence of critical planetary and lunar geometry on 9-10 October 2023.
On 9 October a planetary conjunction occurred with the Sun, Venus and Uranus. It was followed by a planetary conjunction with Venus, Earth and Saturn. This conjunction converged with lunar conjunctions involving Venus and Saturn. As a result, a high lunar peak converged with the planetary conjunction on 10 October.
It was the third strong earthquake in the region after two strong tremors occurred on 7 October.
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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" Venus-Earth-Saturn 2023-10-10, 06:02:21 330°42'25" Mercury-Venus-Jupiter 2023-10-11, 23:14:54 35°22'12" Mercury-Sun-Neptune 2023-10-12, 00:06:41 356°04'30" 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" Sun: Mercury-Mars 2023-10-10, 20:19:34 45°00'00" Sun: Mercury-Jupiter 2023-10-11, 06:55:21 135°00'00" Moon-Earth-Saturn 2023-10-10, 13:26:02 330°41'40" Earth-Moon-Venus 2023-10-10, 14:02:48 150°59'49" Moon-Earth-Neptune 2023-10-12, 15:03:36 355°19'11" 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" Earth: Moon-Sun 2023-10-10, 15:33:55 45°00'00" Earth: Moon-Mars 2023-10-11, 17:05:09 45°00'00" Earth: Moon-Jupiter 2023-10-12, 20:15:01 135°00'00" Earth: Moon-Uranus 2023-10-13, 14:08:07 135°00'00"