On 21 October 2011 a major earthquake occurred in the Kermadec Islands Region at a depth of 40 km. The seismic event occurred at 17:57:18 UTC and had an estimated moment magnitude (Mw) 7.4.
Critical planetary geometry occurred from 16 to 19 October, most notably Earth's alignment with Mercury and Jupiter later on the 17th. A first seismic increase occurred on the 18th. The major earthquake occurred with the next lunar peak on the 21st. Another major earthquake occurred two days later in Eastern Turkey.
An interesting part of the critical planetary geometry is the Sun-Mercury-Venus alignment on the 16th making 90° with Neptune.
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Venus-Earth-Jupiter 2011-10-14, 23:37:56 36°58'56" Sun-Mercury-Venus 2011-10-16, 14:37:07 241°40'51" Mercury-Earth-Jupiter 2011-10-17, 18:42:02 36°37'31" Earth-Moon-Mars 2011-10-21, 19:50:26 139°01'27" Mercury: Sun-Neptune 2011-10-16, 4:57:58 90°00'00" Venus: Sun-Neptune 2011-10-16, 5:16:08 90°00'00" Venus: Mercury-Neptune 2011-10-17, 19:17:16 90°00'00" Mercury: Venus-Neptune 2011-10-18, 19:14:12 90°00'00" Venus: Mars-Uranus 2011-10-23, 12:27:50 90°00'00"