The Dutch scientist Frank Hoogerbeets wrote on his social media account: "A critical lunar alignment on August 14 may lead to a strong to large earthquake later on the 15th or 16th." He added, "The very unique and crucial convergence of four planetary conjunctions on August 18-19 at the full moon is likely to cause a series of strong earthquakes around the globe and possibly a very large earthquake as early as August 20. The most significant time will be from August 19 to August 23."