description

On 6 February 2023 two major earthquakes occurred in Central Turkey at the East Anatolia Fault (EAF). The first one had an estimated magnitude 7.8 and struck at 01:17 UTC. The second one occurred slightly to the north at 10:24 UTC with an estimated magnitude 7.5.

Critical planetary and lunar geometry occurred from 3 to 5 February converging with Full Moon. On the 3rd right angle (90°) geometry occurred with the Sun, Venus and Mars, while semi-right angle lunar geometry (45°, 135°) occurred at the same time. Most notably, two planetary conjunctions (0°) occurred on 4 and 5 February involving both Mercury and Venus, hours before Full Moon.

geometry

Sun:Venus-Mars            2023-02-03, 17:17:29   90°00'00"
Earth:Moon-Venus          2023-02-03, 21:26:07  135°00'00"
Earth:Moon-Mars           2023-02-03, 23:59:40   45°00'00"
Sun:Venus-Jupiter         2023-02-04, 12:53:57    0°00'00"
Earth:Moon-Neptune        2023-02-05, 01:49:02  135°00'00"
Mercury:Sun-Uranus        2023-02-05, 05:05:16    0°00'00"
Earth:Moon-Uranus         2023-02-05, 14:31:07   90°00'00"
Moon:Earth-Sun            2023-02-05, 17:48:45    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