On 23 March 2024 a strong earthquake occurred at New Guinea, Papua New Guinea at a depth of 50 km. The seismic event occurred at 20:22:06 UTC and had an estimated moment magnitude (Mw) 6.9.
The estimated primary trigger of this seismic event is a convergence of lunar conjunctions on 22-23 March 2023.
On 19 March a planetary conjunction occurred with Mercury, Venus and Mars. On 21 March a planetary conjunction occurred with Earth, Venus and Saturn. Three lunar conjunctions occurred on 22-23 March, involving Mars, Saturn and Venus.
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Earth-Sun-Neptune 2024-03-17, 11:24:22 357°01'47" Mercury-Venus-Mars 2024-03-19, 03:57:50 297°57'44" Earth-Venus-Saturn 2024-03-21, 23:04:09 342°06'42" Venus: Mercury-Earth 2024-03-16, 10:34:56 45°00'00" Sun: Mercury-Saturn 2024-03-16, 12:44:07 90°00'00" Mercury: Venus-Saturn 2024-03-17, 11:43:09 45°00'00" Sun: Mercury-Mars 2024-03-17, 22:04:08 135°00'00" Venus: Mercury-Saturn 2024-03-18, 22:41:58 135°00'00" Sun: Mercury-Venus 2024-03-18, 23:02:43 135°00'00" Sun: Mercury-Neptune 2024-03-19, 05:32:49 90°00'00" Sun: Mercury-Earth 2024-03-19, 13:23:51 90°00'00" Sun: Venus-Neptune 2024-03-20, 01:03:23 45°00'00" Sun: Mercury-Uranus 2024-03-20, 20:18:40 45°00'00" Sun: Mercury-Jupiter 2024-03-20, 22:23:11 45°00'00" Venus: Mars-Saturn 2024-03-21, 06:25:02 45°00'00" Venus: Earth-Mars 2024-03-21, 20:07:33 135°00'00" Sun: Mercury-Saturn 2024-03-23, 19:26:15 135°00'00" Mercury: Venus-Neptune 2024-03-23, 22:51:21 45°00'00" Sun: Venus-Earth 2024-03-24, 08:20:46 135°00'00" Venus: Mercury-Neptune 2024-03-24, 10:51:36 135°00'00" Moon-Earth-Mars 2024-03-22, 05:53:37 329°05'32" Moon-Earth-Saturn 2024-03-23, 08:38:08 342°16'33" Moon-Earth-Venus 2024-03-23, 12:11:20 344°01'29" Moon-Earth-Neptune 2024-03-24, 15:09:52 357°18'02" Moon-Earth-Sun 2024-03-25, 06:17:50 4°45'36" Earth: Moon-Sun 2024-03-17, 03:35:55 90°00'00" Earth: Moon-Neptune 2024-03-17, 04:10:51 90°00'00" Earth: Moon-Jupiter 2024-03-17, 07:52:46 45°00'00" Earth: Moon-Uranus 2024-03-17, 18:51:27 45°00'00" Earth: Moon-Mars 2024-03-18, 06:38:08 135°00'00" Earth: Moon-Mercury 2024-03-18, 13:51:30 90°00'00" Earth: Moon-Venus 2024-03-19, 07:30:04 135°00'00" Earth: Moon-Saturn 2024-03-19, 13:22:21 135°00'00" Earth: Moon-Neptune 2024-03-20, 19:47:32 135°00'00" Earth: Moon-Jupiter 2024-03-21, 00:57:51 90°00'00" Earth: Moon-Sun 2024-03-21, 02:47:23 135°00'00" Earth: Moon-Uranus 2024-03-21, 11:29:31 90°00'00" Earth: Moon-Mercury 2024-03-22, 19:13:02 135°00'00" Earth: Moon-Jupiter 2024-03-24, 21:43:01 135°00'00" Earth: Moon-Uranus 2024-03-25, 07:04:28 135°00'00"