On 2 May 2025 a major earthquake occurred at Drake Passage at a depth of 10 km. The seismic event occurred at 12:58:27 UTC and had an estimated moment magnitude (Mw) 7.4.
The estimated primary trigger of this seismic event is a planetary conjunction with Earth, Venus and Neptune on 2 May 2025.
On 2 May Earth reached an exact conjunction with Venus and Neptune. This geometry was preceded by significant lunar geometry, starting on 27-28 April, which resulted in clustering of stronger earthquakes, peaking M 6.8 on the 29th. On 30 April a lunar conjunction occurred with Jupiter. Atmospheric anomalies were recorded on 22 and 25 April sith a strength of 3.0 and 3.5 mV respectively.
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Earth-Venus-Saturn 2025-04-25, 00:26:16 0°00'00" Venus-Sun-Uranus 2025-04-25, 21:33:38 0°00'00" Earth-Venus-Neptune 2025-05-02, 17:16:58 0°00'00" Sun: Mercury-Uranus 2025-04-26, 06:41:37 135°00'00" Sun: Mercury-Venus 2025-04-26, 17:46:45 45°00'00" Venus: Mars-Neptune 2025-04-27, 08:58:10 135°00'00" Earth: Mercury-Uranus 2025-04-27, 14:57:54 45°00'00" Sun: Earth-Saturn 2025-04-28, 17:13:08 135°00'00" Mercury: Earth-Uranus 2025-04-29, 04:45:15 135°00'00" Mercury: Jupiter-Neptune 2025-04-30, 09:13:59 90°00'00" Sun: Mercury-Mars 2025-05-01, 13:45:40 135°00'00" Earth: Mars-Jupiter 2025-05-03, 23:37:55 45°00'00" Sun: Earth-Jupiter 2025-05-04, 04:42:39 135°00'00" Sun: Mercury-Saturn 2025-05-04, 23:21:50 45°00'00" Earth-Moon-Saturn 2025-04-25, 02:15:47 0°00'00" Earth-Moon-Venus 2025-04-25, 02:18:08 0°00'00" Earth-Moon-Neptune 2025-04-25, 08:15:20 0°00'00" Earth-Moon-Mercury 2025-04-25, 21:21:49 0°00'00" Earth-Moon-Sun 2025-04-27, 18:45:57 0°00'00" Earth-Moon-Uranus 2025-04-28, 23:49:46 0°00'00" Earth-Moon-Jupiter 2025-04-30, 16:14:30 0°00'00" Earth-Moon-Mars 2025-05-03, 23:30:40 0°00'00" Earth: Moon-Uranus 2025-04-26, 00:33:18 45°00'00" Earth: Moon-Mars 2025-04-27, 12:54:35 90°00'00" Earth: Moon-Jupiter 2025-04-27, 15:33:10 45°00'00" Earth: Moon-Saturn 2025-04-28, 02:18:22 45°00'00" Earth: Moon-Venus 2025-04-28, 04:02:41 45°00'00" Earth: Moon-Neptune 2025-04-28, 07:44:54 45°00'00" Earth: Moon-Mercury 2025-04-29, 02:41:27 45°00'00" Earth: Moon-Mars 2025-04-30, 14:46:42 45°00'00" Earth: Moon-Sun 2025-04-30, 23:46:47 45°00'00" Earth: Moon-Saturn 2025-05-01, 03:05:31 90°00'00" Earth: Moon-Venus 2025-05-01, 07:12:11 90°00'00" Earth: Moon-Neptune 2025-05-01, 08:31:13 90°00'00" Earth: Moon-Uranus 2025-05-02, 01:58:49 45°00'00" Earth: Moon-Mercury 2025-05-02, 12:51:15 90°00'00" Earth: Moon-Jupiter 2025-05-03, 23:30:49 45°00'00" Earth: Moon-Saturn 2025-05-04, 11:02:15 135°00'00" Earth: Moon-Sun 2025-05-04, 13:08:43 90°00'00" Earth: Moon-Neptune 2025-05-04, 16:41:00 135°00'00" Earth: Moon-Venus 2025-05-04, 18:58:54 135°00'00"