In the early hours (GMT) of the 5th of July there were a spate of major earthquakes of a magnitude that is unprecedented since Mood Alert has been running. During the space of little more than 2 minutes there were no fewer than 4 quakes above 7 in magnitude. Here it should be stressed that these were separate earthquakes occurring some hundreds of miles apart. Below are the details:

7.6 Kuril Islands.

7.2 Sea of Okhotsk

7.5 Sea of Okhotsk (farther north)

7.5 Sea of Okhotsk

The relevance of these quakes is that they occur at the seismologically vulnerable period that immediately follows every New or Full Moon. Indeed as we have said numerous times before this represents a particularly hazard prone time which this month was made all the more precarious by the added stress of numerous powerful planetary alignments.

Although strong earthquakes are often associated with the Full Moon it is a matter of record that at least eight of the ten largest earthquakes over the last century have a definite New Moon connection.