On 6 May 2019 a major earthquake occurred in Eastern New Guinea Region, P.N.G. at a depth of 141 km. The seismic event occurred at 21:19:36 UTC and had an estimated moment magnitude (Mw) 7.2.
On 30 April 2019 the critical alignment Mercury-Venus-Neptune occurred just after a lunar peak. The next lunar peak that followed on the alignment occurred on 4 May and reached index 16, after which the major earthquake occurred. The alignments involving Mars on 3 and 5 May are not considered critical. It was the third occurrence of an alignment with Mercury, Venus and Neptune in 2019. The fourth occurence on 25 May 2019 was followed by a great earthquake in Peru.
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Mercury-Venus-Neptune 2019-04-30, 21:29:28 346°35'33" Mars-Sun-Saturn 2019-05-03, 14:15:16 284°55'21" Mars-Earth-Jupiter 2019-05-05, 21:36:16 263°06'50" Sun-Mercury-Venus 2019-05-06, 7:35:40 340°21'13" Sun-Mercury-Neptune 2019-05-07, 17:02:02 346°16'39" Earth-Mercury-Uranus 2019-05-08, 14:16:59 33°09'37" Earth-Moon-Neptune 2019-04-30, 9:58:27 347°44'54" Earth-Moon-Venus 2019-05-02, 14:00:58 14°10'46" Earth-Moon-Mercury 2019-05-03, 8:07:21 23°37'17" Earth-Moon-Uranus 2019-05-04, 1:40:17 32°54'18" Earth-Moon-Sun 2019-05-04, 22:08:25 43°53'46" Moon-Earth-Jupiter 2019-05-07, 20:41:06 262°57'41" Earth-Moon-Mars 2019-05-07, 23:20:05 84°27'33"