On 26 May 2022 a major earthquake occurred in Southern Peru at a depth of 210 km. The seismic event occurred at 12:02:20 UTC and had an estimated moment magnitude (Mw) 7.2.
Planetary geometry was critical on 20 and 21 May with a total convergence of four planetary conjunctions. Although a seismic increase was anticipated for the days immediately following this geometry, more critical were considered the days from 25 to 27 May due to the high lunar peak on 24-25 May, which was the next lunar peak that followed on the critical planetary geometry. The seismic response to this planetary and lunar geometry was a series of three strong earthquakes on 21-22 May peaking Mw 6.3 South of Fiji Islands, and a series of four strong to major earthquaks on 26-27 May.
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Sun-Venus-Saturn 2022-05-20, 6:31:19 318°53'15" Mercury-Venus-Neptune 2022-05-20, 14:42:49 353°46'22" Sun-Mercury-Earth 2022-05-21, 19:10:54 240°24'38" Mercury-Venus-Jupiter 2022-05-21, 23:26:55 356°30'48" Sun-Mars-Saturn 2022-05-25, 10:44:07 319°02'55" Earth-Moon-Saturn 2022-05-22, 6:46:04 324°47'35" Earth-Moon-Neptune 2022-05-24, 12:11:34 354°48'43" Earth-Moon-Mars 2022-05-24, 21:02:25 359°37'39" Earth-Moon-Jupiter 2022-05-25, 1:57:48 2°17'23"