On 8 August 2024 a major earthquake occurred at Kyushu, Japan at a depth of 20 km. The seismic event occurred at 07:42:55 UTC and had an estimated moment magnitude (Mw) 7.1.
The estimated primary trigger of this seismic event is a convergence of two planetary conjunctions on 7-8 August 2024.
On 7 August a planetary conjunction occurred with Venus, the Sun and Neptune. It was followed 12 hours later by a second planetary conjunction with Venus, Mercury and Earth. This planetary geometry converged with two lunar conjunctions. The first on 7 August involved Saturn. The second on 8 August involved Neptune, which was when the major earthquake occurred. A clustering of strong tremors followed on 9-10 August.
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Venus-Sun-Neptune 2024-08-07, 15:00:04 0°00'00" Venus-Mercury-Earth 2024-08-08, 03:00:25 0°00'00" Mercury: Mars-Neptune 2024-08-02, 12:38:40 45°00'00" Earth: Venus-Uranus 2024-08-02, 13:15:45 90°00'00" Venus: Mercury-Uranus 2024-08-02, 18:24:43 90°00'00" Venus: Earth-Jupiter 2024-08-03, 02:57:25 90°00'00" Mercury: Venus-Uranus 2024-08-04, 02:02:33 90°00'00" Sun: Mercury-Uranus 2024-08-04, 07:53:13 135°00'00" Sun: Earth-Neptune 2024-08-05, 03:34:22 45°00'00" Venus: Mercury-Jupiter 2024-08-05, 12:05:09 90°00'00" Sun: Mercury-Jupiter 2024-08-08, 06:21:49 135°00'00" Venus: Mercury-Mars 2024-08-10, 13:27:32 45°00'00" Mercury: Venus-Jupiter 2024-08-10, 16:54:01 90°00'00" Earth-Moon-Sun 2024-08-04, 10:35:06 0°00'00" Earth-Moon-Venus 2024-08-05, 22:43:56 0°00'00" Earth-Moon-Mercury 2024-08-06, 04:41:27 0°00'00" Moon-Earth-Saturn 2024-08-07, 09:04:19 0°00'00" Moon-Earth-Neptune 2024-08-08, 07:59:18 0°00'00" Earth: Moon-Neptune 2024-08-01, 02:10:24 90°00'00" Earth: Moon-Venus 2024-08-01, 23:16:27 45°00'00" Earth: Moon-Uranus 2024-08-02, 00:34:37 45°00'00" Earth: Moon-Mercury 2024-08-02, 13:29:49 45°00'00" Earth: Moon-Mars 2024-08-02, 23:09:03 45°00'00" Earth: Moon-Jupiter 2024-08-03, 10:15:54 45°00'00" Earth: Moon-Saturn 2024-08-03, 17:08:58 135°00'00" Earth: Moon-Neptune 2024-08-04, 14:38:03 135°00'00" Earth: Moon-Uranus 2024-08-05, 14:39:06 90°00'00" Earth: Moon-Mars 2024-08-06, 19:34:23 90°00'00" Earth: Moon-Jupiter 2024-08-07, 03:28:38 90°00'00" Earth: Moon-Sun 2024-08-08, 11:44:48 45°00'00" Earth: Moon-Uranus 2024-08-09, 09:20:47 135°00'00" Earth: Moon-Mercury 2024-08-09, 21:45:59 45°00'00" Earth: Moon-Venus 2024-08-10, 04:06:25 45°00'00" Earth: Moon-Mars 2024-08-10, 20:15:56 135°00'00"