Mw 6.9 Near Coast of Nicaragua

On 9 October 2004 a strong earthquake occurred near the coast of Nicaragua at a depth of 50 km. The seismic event occurred at 21:26:55 UTC and had an estimated moment magnitude (Mw) 6.9.

Critical planetary geometry converged on 2-3 October involving Mercury, Mars and Jupiter. However, considerable seismic increase did not occur until after Earth's alignment with Venus and Uranus on 6 October, followed by critical lunar geometry on 7-8 October. The earthquake was the third to occur in two days, following two strong tremors on 8 October at the Solomon Islands (Mw 6.9) and Luzon, Philippines (Mw 6.4).

Sun-Mercury-Jupiter       2004-10-02,  9:56:12  180°03'12"
Sun-Mercury-Mars          2004-10-02, 12:28:25  180°28'29"
Mercury-Mars-Jupiter      2004-10-03, 14:06:42  179°47'29"
Mercury-Sun-Earth         2004-10-05, 18:13:03   12°46'45"
Venus-Earth-Uranus        2004-10-06, 15:10:12  333°19'37"

Earth-Moon-Saturn         2004-10-07, 12:07:23  116°21'29"
Moon-Earth-Neptune        2004-10-08, 20:24:03  312°36'32"
					

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


SSGI SUM graph of critical planetary (PG) geometry