Mw 6.4 Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands

updated 19 October 2023

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On 16 October 2023 a strong earthquake occurred at Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands at a depth of 188 km. The seismic event occurred at 11:35:31 UTC and had an estimated moment magnitude (Mw) 6.3.

The estimated primary trigger of this seismic event are two lunar conjunctions on 15-16 October 2023.

On 15 October a lunar conjunction occurred with Mars. 20 hours later a lunar conjunction occurred with Jupiter, which resulted in a high lunar peak. Lunar conjunctions with these planets often result in stronger seismic activity within about 2 days.

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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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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"
Mars-Sun-Jupiter          2023-10-15, 12:08:36   38°28'37"
Venus-Mercury-Mars        2023-10-17, 09:57:16  226°57'41"
Mercury-Venus-Uranus      2023-10-18, 18:53:52   49°51'17"

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"
Earth:   Mercury-Saturn   2023-10-14, 00:02:01  135°00'00"
Venus:   Mercury-Neptune  2023-10-14, 01:34:10  135°00'00"
Sun:     Mercury-Uranus   2023-10-14, 08:21:25  135°00'00"
Mercury: Venus-Neptune    2023-10-14, 17:06:44   45°00'00"
Mercury: Earth-Saturn     2023-10-17, 13:18:15   45°00'00"
Sun:     Venus-Saturn     2023-10-18, 08:21:34   90°00'00"
Sun:     Mercury-Saturn   2023-10-18, 10:06:16  135°00'00"
Sun:     Mercury-Venus    2023-10-18, 11:36:27  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-Mercury        2023-10-14, 08:16:05  196°09'46"
Earth-Moon-Sun            2023-10-14, 17:15:16  200°46'28"
Earth-Moon-Mars           2023-10-15, 14:56:45  212°01'06"
Moon-Earth-Jupiter        2023-10-16, 10:52:34   42°29'51"
Moon-Earth-Uranus         2023-10-17, 04:21:17   51°48'39"

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"
Earth:   Moon-Saturn      2023-10-14, 07:04:42  135°00'00"
Earth:   Moon-Venus       2023-10-14, 14:58:47   45°00'00"
Earth:   Moon-Neptune     2023-10-16, 06:35:20  135°00'00"
Earth:   Moon-Saturn      2023-10-17, 20:21:16   90°00'00"
Earth:   Moon-Venus       2023-10-18, 10:30:51   90°00'00"
Earth:   Moon-Mercury     2023-10-18, 10:37:24   45°00'00"
Earth:   Moon-Sun         2023-10-18, 13:04:38   45°00'00"

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