M 8.6 - Near South Coast of Western Honshu, Japan

description

The megathrust earthquake near the south coast of western Honshu, Japan on 28 October 1707 was preceded by a tight convergence of critical planetary and lunar geometry on 25-26 October. As Earth was closely aligned between Venus and Neptune, the Moon aligned (0°) with both planets on the 25th, hours before New Moon. On the 26th a tight convergence of lunar geometry occurred with Moon-Saturn at 135° and Moon-Jupiter at 45° around the time that the Moon aligned (0°) with Mars. In addition, a convergence of two planetary alignments occurred involving both Mercury (Sun-Mercury-Mars) and Venus (Venus-Sun-Neptune). This is a critical combination, especially near Full or New Moon (compare 4-5 February 2023).

geometry

Venus:Earth-Neptune       1707-10-21, 10:58:26    0°00'00"
Mercury:Sun-Neptune       1707-10-21, 13:54:24    0°00'00"
Earth:Moon-Neptune        1707-10-21, 13:55:01  135°00'00"
Earth:Moon-Venus          1707-10-21, 14:14:20   45°00'00"
Earth:Moon-Saturn         1707-10-22, 09:31:58   90°00'00"
Earth:Moon-Mars           1707-10-22, 10:04:14   45°00'00"
Mercury:Sun-Earth         1707-10-24, 00:13:41    0°00'00"
Moon:Earth-Neptune        1707-10-25, 03:31:54    0°00'00"
Earth:Moon-Venus          1707-10-25, 13:53:03    0°00'00"
Earth:Moon-Sun            1707-10-25, 23:18:23    0°00'00"
Earth:Moon-Saturn         1707-10-26, 00:09:16  135°00'00"
Earth:Moon-Mercury        1707-10-26, 02:11:17    0°00'00"
Venus:Sun-Neptune         1707-10-26, 05:59:19    0°00'00"
Earth:Moon-Mars           1707-10-26, 06:15:04    0°00'00"
Earth:Moon-Jupiter        1707-10-26, 10:03:16   45°00'00"
Sun:Mercury-Mars          1707-10-26, 11:49:17    0°00'00"
Earth:Mercury-Mars        1707-10-28, 03:48:46    0°00'00"

solar system view

solar system view of planetary and lunar geometry

SSGI

SSGI COMMON graph of critical planetary (PG) and lunar (LG) geometry

map

earthquake map