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1693 Sicily earthquake

Posted: Sat Dec 21, 2019 3:17 pm
by Jim Eshelman
1693 Jan 11, 9:00 PM LMT, epicenter approximately 37.3N, 15.1E
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1693_Sicily_earthquake

The highest magnitude earthquake in Italy's history (7.4). Felt in eastern Sicily, Malta, and Calabria, shaking lasted 4 minutes. A foreshock (magnitude 6.2) struck two days earlier, causing widespread destruction and 200 deaths. Tsunamis 15-30 feet high "devastated the coastal villages on the Ionian Sea and in the Straits of Messina." Aftershocks continued three years with strong aftershocks (sometimes as strong as the original quake) for 20 months.

60,000 deaths. Destroyed "at least 70 towns and cities," requiring towns in southeast Sicily be substantially rebuilt.

The event chart (for the given time of 9:00 PM and for the epicenter) shows the tsunami better than the quake. (It matches what I think a tsunami chart would look like very well.) - The event angles (for an approximate time) are very close to the strikingly solid CapQ angles.

Year: Capsolar {+2}
(The Capsolar occurred January 9, the same day as the foreshock.)
Neptune on Dsc 1°06' [Perfect for this sort of "sea sick" year!]
Jupiter on MC 1°56'
Venus, Saturn, & Uranus more widely foreground.
-- Saturn-Neptune sq. 0°44'
-- Moon-Neptune sq. 1°05' PVP [Moon is 0°01' from Vx in azimuth]
-- Venus-Jupiter op. 2°15' in mundo
-- Moon-Pluto op. 2°23' PVP
-- Neptune-Pluto sq. 2°44' PVP
-- Venus-Uranus op. 3°50'

Bridge {+2}
t Uranus sq. Cansolar MC 7/12-1/28
CanQ Moon conj. s/p Mercury 12/16-3/5
t Jupiter conj. Cansolar EP 1/2-3/8
t Neptune op. Capsolar Asc 1/9-30
Event window: January 9-28

Month: Caplunar (Dormant.) Moon-Sun.

Week: Liblunar {+1}
Venus on MC 0°50'
Pluto on Dsc 2°45'
Mercury more widely foreground
-- Mercury-Pluto op. 1°38'
--
  • Venus-Pluto sq. 3°35' in mundo (too wide)
Day: Capsolar Quotidian & Transits {+3 / +1 = +3}
p Asc op. t Neptune 0°08', s Neptune 0°10'; sq. s Saturn 0°33', t Saturn 0°46'
-- s Saturn-Neptune sq. 0°43'; t Saturn-Neptune sq. 0°54'
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t Neptune op. s Asc 1°28'
t Venus op. s MC 1°54'

Day: Cansolar Quotidian & Transits {+1}
(This is suitable for flood - not unreasonable for tsunami - but too benefic?)
p Moon-Mercury conj. 0°53'
p MC sq. s Jupiter 1°10', sq. s Uranus 1°23'
p EP conj. t Venus 0°08', op. t Jupiter 0°19'
-- t Venus-Jupiter op. 0°12'
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t Uranus sq. s MC 1°40'
t Jupiter conj. s EP 1°19'
t Venus op. s EP 1°44'