Location: Colombian Trench – just off the west coast of Colombia
Between The Gulf of Panama to just offshore of Esmereldas, Equador
Magnitude: 7.1 to 7.4 magnitude
Timing: June 23, 2017 (3pm EST) to June 25 (3pm EST)
i’m stealin’ Hook’s Summer Solstice/New Moon theory and going with the most recent unstable location in the world. …might work.
Thanks Ben; will buy a 2-year forecaster subscription soon.
Moon was near Tonga [M6.2] @ 17:42 UTC June 25th, day after official New Moon. Even though a day after, still effective. Some say it is a combined Sun and Moon gravitational effect, but I am thinking it more likely involves resonance and possibly an interaction with the Interplanetary Magnetic Field and/or an alteration of near Earth cosmic rays/solar wind. Maybe even causing a discharge/triggering effect of static fields that are present and have been detected near the faults of future epicenters before some earthquakes, operating though an Lithosphere/Ionosphere/Magnetosphere type coupling. Keep trying 🙂