An earthquake Magnitude 6.1 has occurred in Southwest Of Sumatra. Indonesia [Sunda Arc]. QVSData ref EMSC1128898

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Magnitude 6.1 [subject to review and confirmation]

• Date-Time: 2022-05-16T18:58:24.600Z (utc)
• Earthquake location: 5.310°S, 101.920°E
• Seismic Region: 24 – Sunda Arc
• Seismic Geo Area: 273 – Southwest Of Sumatra. Indonesia
• Earthquake depth: 30.0 km
• Tsunamigenic: No. (Not tsunamigenic or unknown at this time)
• Felt reports?: No
• Status: 
• Event ID: 1128898
• Version Timestamp : 2022-05-16T20:05:59.221
• QVSData ref: EMSC1128898

1. 370 km W of Bandar Lampung, Indonesia / pop: 800,000 / local time: 01:58:24.0 2022-05-17
2. 172 km S of Bengkulu, Indonesia / pop: 309,000 / local time: 01:58:24.0 2022-05-17

This link shows the event and any aftershocks during the following month using the IRIS Earthquake Browser [→]

Historical Information

Mag 6+ events in region in the last 20 years ~500 miles radius of the event (Max 100) from IRIS [→]
(The current event may not appear for a few minutes or so after the time.)
The above events in the IRIS Earthquake Browser 3D viewer [→]

Celestial Data

No claim is made as such that there is a connection to earthquake events between the positions of celestial bodies and/or the state of space weather however the data is provided for you to make your own observations on the possibilities and draw your own conclusions.

View from moon image (Fourmilab) shows you the view of the earth from the moon (centre of the image) at the time of the event.

Lunar Perigee and Apogee

27 ← Perigee → 1 | 11 ← Apogee → 17 Perigee date + distance Apogee date + distance

2022-03-23T23:29:00.000Z 369762km  F  +5d16h	2022-04-07T19:12:00.000Z 404437km  N  +6d12h
2022-04-19T15:17:00.000Z 365142km  F  +2d20h	2022-05-05T12:47:00.000Z 405286km  N  +4d16h
2022-05-17T15:24:00.000Z 360297km  F  +1d11h	2022-06-02T01:15:00.000Z 406190km  N  +2d13h
2022-06-14T23:23:00.000Z 357433km  F  +0d11h	2022-06-29T06:10:00.000Z 406580km  N  +0d03h
2022-07-13T09:09:00.000Z 357263km  F  -0d09h	2022-07-26T10:23:00.000Z 406274km  N  -2d07h

See Fourmilab for more details

New and Full Moon Times

16 ← New Moon → 14 | 0 ← Full Moon → 29 New Moon dates Full Moon dates

2022-03-02 17:38	2022-03-18 07:21
2022-04-01 06:28	2022-04-16 18:58
2022-04-30 20:31	2022-05-16 04:16
2022-05-30 11:32	2022-06-14 11:53
2022-06-29 02:53	2022-07-13 18:38

See Fourmilab for more details

Times of closest conjunctions

16 ← Conjunction → 2 Conj. Date Conj. Time Planet 1. Planet 2.

2021-10-10	04:30:50.2	Mercury	Mars
2021-11-10	15:24:34.0	Mercury	Mars
2021-12-29	04:52:51.5	Mercury	Venus
2022-01-13	04:14:17.4	Mercury	Saturn
2022-03-02	15:41:15.5	Mercury	Saturn
2022-03-16	02:31:43.7	Venus	Mars
2022-03-21	06:33:11.9	Mercury	Jupiter
2022-03-23	18:08:23.9	Mercury	Neptune
2022-03-29	00:52:09.4	Venus	Saturn
2022-04-05	01:43:33.2	Mars	Saturn
2022-04-12	14:52:13.3	Jupiter	Neptune
2022-04-18	02:17:58.0	Mercury	Uranus
2022-04-27	19:12:14.2	Venus	Neptune
2022-04-30	20:57:29.3	Venus	Jupiter
2022-05-18	06:26:07.5	Mars	Neptune
2022-05-29	10:27:48.5	Mars	Jupiter
2022-06-11	23:27:56.7	Venus	Uranus
2022-08-02	00:34:02.8	Mars	Uranus
2022-09-26	23:50:26.3	Mercury	Venus
2022-11-21	04:11:03.5	Mercury	Venus

See TAU Astronomy Club: Mutual planetary conjunctions and occultations

Orrery at time of earthquake

The Orrery gives the position of the planets at the time of the earthquake, and the ephemeris has been set for the latitude and longitude of the event. The ephemeris shows you the positions of the principal bodies in the Solar System at the selected time, both in celestial coordinates and as seen from the event epicentre.

Space Weather