On 31 October 2023 a strong earthquake occurred offshore Atacama, Chile at a depth of 23 km. The seismic event occurred at 12:33:42 UTC and had an estimated moment magnitude (Mw) 6.7.
The estimated primary trigger of this seismic event is a convergence of planetary and lunar conjunctions from 28 to 30 October 2023.
A total of 5 planetary conjunctions occurred from 28 to 30 October, which included a near quadruple conjunction with Mars, Mercury, Earth and Jupiter. In addition, Mercury was in a conjunction with the Sun and Uranus. A lunar conjunction with the Sun (Full Moon) also occurred on 28 October, followed a day later by lunar conjunctions with Jupiter and Mars.
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Mercury-Sun-Jupiter 2023-10-24, 08:12:10 39°16'48" Sun-Mercury-Mars 2023-10-25, 17:39:53 223°29'02" Mercury-Sun-Uranus 2023-10-28, 03:22:40 50°32'27" Mars-Earth-Jupiter 2023-10-28, 15:39:57 40°55'39" Mercury-Earth-Jupiter 2023-10-29, 03:30:44 40°51'40" Earth-Mercury-Mars 2023-10-29, 14:16:57 221°34'38" Mars-Mercury-Jupiter 2023-10-30, 07:39:06 41°14'19" Venus: Mercury-Saturn 2023-10-24, 05:48:41 90°00'00" Sun: Mercury-Neptune 2023-10-24, 23:01:37 135°00'00" Sun: Venus-Earth 2023-10-25, 04:32:39 45°00'00" Mercury: Venus-Saturn 2023-10-27, 12:12:47 90°00'00" Earth: Mercury-Neptune 2023-10-28, 14:01:24 135°00'00" Venus: Earth-Jupiter 2023-10-28, 19:31:41 45°00'00" Mercury: Mars-Neptune 2023-10-28, 22:04:53 135°00'00" Mercury: Earth-Neptune 2023-10-29, 19:36:32 45°00'00" Sun: Venus-Jupiter 2023-10-30, 13:30:59 45°00'00" Sun: Venus-Neptune 2023-10-31, 09:32:53 90°00'00" Venus: Mercury-Jupiter 2023-11-01, 12:26:18 135°00'00" Mercury: Jupiter-Neptune 2023-11-01, 18:50:16 45°00'00" Sun: Mercury-Saturn 2023-11-02, 11:56:32 90°00'00" Earth-Moon-Saturn 2023-10-24, 08:52:34 330°17'04" Moon-Earth-Venus 2023-10-25, 09:10:32 164°57'40" Earth-Moon-Neptune 2023-10-26, 01:45:06 355°00'45" Moon-Earth-Sun 2023-10-28, 19:52:24 214°48'17" Earth-Moon-Jupiter 2023-10-29, 06:07:05 40°50'47" Moon-Earth-Mercury 2023-10-29, 06:28:45 221°03'30" Moon-Earth-Mars 2023-10-29, 07:00:23 221°22'05" Earth-Moon-Uranus 2023-10-30, 00:06:32 51°19'46" Earth: Moon-Sun 2023-10-25, 11:40:14 135°00'00" Earth: Moon-Mercury 2023-10-25, 18:08:16 135°00'00" Earth: Moon-Mars 2023-10-26, 00:15:53 135°00'00" Earth: Moon-Jupiter 2023-10-26, 03:48:35 45°00'00" Earth: Moon-Uranus 2023-10-26, 20:37:17 45°00'00" Earth: Moon-Saturn 2023-10-27, 11:09:11 45°00'00" Earth: Moon-Venus 2023-10-28, 17:26:28 135°00'00" Earth: Moon-Neptune 2023-10-29, 04:35:33 45°00'00" Earth: Moon-Saturn 2023-10-30, 15:35:02 90°00'00" Earth: Moon-Venus 2023-11-01, 06:53:11 90°00'00" Earth: Moon-Sun 2023-11-01, 09:16:04 135°00'00" Earth: Moon-Neptune 2023-11-01, 12:05:30 90°00'00" Earth: Moon-Jupiter 2023-11-01, 13:02:31 45°00'00" Earth: Moon-Mars 2023-11-01, 19:21:10 135°00'00" Earth: Moon-Mercury 2023-11-02, 01:26:47 135°00'00" Earth: Moon-Uranus 2023-11-02, 09:15:36 45°00'00"