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WORLDWIDE EARTHQUAKE REPORT DECEMBER 22, 2025

Strong seismic activity around the Ring of Fire prior to the M6.5 earthquake in Papua New Guinea.
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M 6.5 - 42 km NNE of Goroka, Papua New Guinea
2025-12-22 10:31:28 (UTC)
5.720°S 145.496°E. 110.2 km depth
USGS earthquake alert

No aftershocks have been recorded so far, and the earthquake occurred between the boundary of the Australian plate and the Pacific plate, possibly in the Bundi Fault Zone. We could expect responses of equal or lesser magnitude towards the Philippines, Taiwan, Indonesia or the Tonga and Fiji Islands region.

In fact, the region had experienced large earthquakes in the preceding hours.
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● M 5.7 - 136 km E of Barcelona, Philippines
2025-12-21 17:53:56 (UTC) USGS
● M 5.0 - 131 km W of Kirakira, Solomon Islands. 2025-12-21 17:10:31 (UTC) USGS
● M 5.3 - 157 km SSW of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea 2025-12-21 23:07:27 (UTC) USGS
●M 5.4 - 59 km ENE of Hachinohe, Japan
2025-12-21 01:29:03 (UTC) USGS

This quake was likely an aftershock of the 7.6 quake Aomori, 324 km north of Sendai, Miyagi, Japan, Dec 8, 2025 11:15 pm (GMT +9), which had occurred 12 days earlier. Volcanodiscovery

A strong magnitude 5.2 earthquakes hit Chile-Bolivia border and Mexico

●M 5.2 - 112 km SSE of Colchane, Chile
2025-12-20 20:30:24 (UTC)
20.146°S 68.080°W. 156.5 km depth
USGS earthquake alert

● M 5.2 - 93 km WSW of Puerto Madero, Mexico
2025-12-22 02:20:23 (UTC)
14.349°N 93.197°W. 35.0 km depth
USGS earthquake alert

The situation so far

SSGEOS forecast was accurate.

● SSGEOS Earthquake forecast updated December 19, 12:52 UTC

M6.5 earthquake in P.N.G occurred 3 days after the Mercury-Venus-Mars planetary alignment on December 19 and 2 days after the new moon on December 20.​

Starting on December 19, planetary and lunar geometries involving Mercury, Venus, and Mars will occur. On May 28, 2025 for example, this configuration occurred, and during this period, earthquakes measuring M5.8 and M5.9 were recorded. Two days later, an M6.2 earthquake was recorded south of Africa in the Atlantic Ocean.