Earthquake & Incident Watch: 13-23 July 2026 (Part I - limited)

Palmist Ankur is a leading mundane astrologer based in Norway. He has numerous successful earthquake predictions to his credit, including the Kamchatka M8.8 mega quake, the December 8 Japan M7.6 quake, and the highly damaging Venezuela, Bangladesh, Bohol (Philippines), Afghanistan, Mandalay and Shigatse earthquakes in the recent past, as well as intraplate quakes such as the Western Cuba M6.1 quake. He has also accurately predicted several tech outages, disasters and accidents (Brown University and Bondi Beach mass shootings, Switzerland, Hong Kong, Dhaka and Ōita fires, UPS plane crash in Kentucky, Colombia, Amur Oblast and Bangladesh plane crashes, etc.), political events (Ayatollah Ali Khamenei death, Iran unrest and war, Trump win, several elections, etc.), as well as weather events. All his astrological services can be viewed here, and a well-documented, non-exhaustive track record of his successful predictions is here.

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Other points to remember:

(1) Throughout this summer at least, I will be looking at only Japan, China, India, Nepal, Pakistan and Afghanistan area in the Eastern Hemisphere, and only the Pacific West of North America and some parts of Mexico, Peru, Chile and Venezuela in the Western Hemisphere, as I am very hard pressed for time. Of course, sometimes some bordering countries may also find a mention.

For a detailed overview of the complete month of July 2026, about the kind of events that are likely to happen on particular dates, and the specific countries and regions of the world, in general, that need extra attention, see my July 2026 “global horoscope.”

(3) There may be incidents or skirmishes on the northeastern Indian border. Overall, India and Nepal look highly incident-prone, with various zones of India presenting notable incidents. Heavy rain and landslides are likely to continue in several parts of China. Xinjiang area could see an M5.5+ earthquake. Japan is likely to continue seeing notable seismic activity, especially in the area of Iwate Prefecture and the area near Aogashima.

And now below is the next set of predictions, first for the Eastern Hemisphere, limited to the countries mentioned in (1) above. Predictions for the Western Hemisphere (i.e., Part II), again limited, are planned to be published soon.

Most prediction lines given below are for M5.0+ quakes (magnitude 5.0 and higher). However, there may still be some that remain within the M3.0-M5.0 range.

This post won’t be edited once published. This post is being published on 10 Jul 2026 at UTC 23:30. If any typos are discovered later, they will be left as is. If any more serious errors are discovered or something missing is found later, they would be published in a separate Errata/Addendum post.

Note: Sometimes, earthquake indications on the chart may be rather about other forms of earth disturbances such as volcanic activity, rockfall, avalanche, mudflow, landslide or ground subsidence. They could also be about “non-natural” forms of falls of structures: for example, the collapse of a bridge, an industrial accident in which a big piece of equipment falls down, a plane crash, or a building or mine collapse. Astrologically, they are all one category. So when I say earthquake, the complete category is meant. Please always bear this in mind.

Earthquakes are predicted near the following imaginary lines (within 250 km, but mostly much closer; however, as I am not publishing all the lines, distances may appear larger—see this post). You may extrapolate all lines further at both their ends (especially for accidents and malefic incidents other than quakes). If a high magnitude is predicted for a particular region, then that high magnitude applies to all prediction lines when passing through that region, even if I have not mentioned any magnitude or mentioned a lower magnitude for the other lines. Also, when many lines are close by, it is not necessary that there would be an earthquake for each of those lines; in addition, I may not repeatedly show the same area when several lines are close.

- Line between 43°00′N, 145°24′E (off Hamanaka, Akkeshi District, Hokkaido, Japan) and 38°23′N, 141°56′E (off Onagawa, Oshika District, Miyagi, Japan). Notable accidents, troubles for children, the young, or students, troubles for travellers/tourists, pilots/sailors, mediapersons and diplomats, communication troubles, conflicts and violence, and storms or strong winds also possible near this line.

When extended south, the same line can be described thus: between 36°47′N, 140°52′E (off Kitaibaraki, Ibaraki, Japan) and 32°42′N, 138°18′E (far west of Aogashima, Tokyo, Japan).

- Line between 40°00′N, 142°19′E (off Fudai, Shimohei District, Iwate, Japan) and 35°00′N, 138°55′E (near Izunokuni, Shizuoka, Japan). Notable accidents or incidents involving fire, firearms or explosions, troubles for children, the young, or students, troubles for travellers, sailors and diplomats, communication troubles, notable incidents of violence and aggression, and storms or strong winds also possible near this line.

- Line between 36°00′N, 135°20′E (a point in the Wakasa Bay, Japan) and 30°00′N, 131°38′E (southeast of Yakushima Island, Japan). Notable accidents (especially aviation), landslides or collapses of structures, violence, incidents that bring casualties, troubles for labourers/blue collar workers or for the old or poor, troubles for the very wealthy, troubles for politicians, religious people, state ministers and bureaucrats, or strong precipitation also likely near this line. As far as earthquakes, landslides or other ground activity is concerned, the northern half of the shown prediction line is more malefic:

- Straight line running through 41°00′N, 124°49′E (near Bahechuan Town, Kuandian Manchu Autonomous County, Dandong, Liaoning, China). Though earthquakes can, of course, also occur near this line, this line, especially the prediction section shown here, looks vulnerable for very heavy rain. Incidents bringing troubles to women or the young, troubles for figures or entities from the luxury or fashion industries and for business in general, financial troubles or scandals, and troubles for the wealthy could also occur near this line.

A highly malefic section of the line, especially for storms, fires and accidents, is the Sakha Republic (Russia) section, containing Yakutsk, the world’s coldest city:

- Line between 34°00′N, 123°34′E (a point in the Yellow Sea) and 27°00′N, 119°20′E (near Zhouning County, Ningde, Fujian, China). Notable accidents, incidents of drowning, incidents of shooting, terrorism or violence in general, copious precipitation, and notable instances of deception or fraud also could occur near this line. Though earthquakes can, of course, also occur near this line, the prediction section shown looks rather vulnerable for some of the other incidents mentioned.

A strongly malefic section of the line can be described thus: between 43°12′N, 130°33′E (northeast of Dongyang Chundonggou 东阳春东沟, Hunchun, Yanbian Korean Autonomous Prefecture, Jilin, China) and 40°36′N, 128°21′E (near Chungnyo-dong, North Korea), which, if extended south, would go midway the two Korean capitals (not shown).

- Straight line running through 24°23′N, 119°25′E (off Changhua County, Taiwan). Take a 280 km range to the east of this line instead of the usual 250 km. This is a highly malefic line, especially where earthquakes are concerned. Noteworthy accidents or notable malefic incidents, in addition to or instead of earthquakes, could occur near this line.

When extended north, the Shandong (China) section of the line appears highly malefic, especially for accidents and very heavy rain:

When extended further north, the Liaoning (China) section of the line appears malefic:

- Straight line running through 36°00′N, 115°17′E (near Nanle County, Puyang, Henan, China). Notable accidents, landslides or collapses of structures, violence, incidents that bring casualties, troubles for labourers/blue collar workers or for the old or poor, troubles for the very wealthy, troubles for politicians, religious people, state ministers and bureaucrats, or strong precipitation also likely near this line.

Areas of Jiangxi, Hunan and Fujian (China), in particular, may see very heavy rain and accidents:

- Straight line running through 24°00′N, 110°05′E (near Changdongxiang, Jinxiu Yao Autonomous County, Laibin, Guangxi, China). Take a 280 km range to the east of this line instead of the usual 250 km. Noteworthy accidents or notable malefic incidents, in addition to or instead of earthquakes, could occur near this line.

- Straight line running through 44°00′N, 105°52′E (near Tsogttsetsii, Ömnögovi, Mongolia). Notable accidents, incidents of drowning, incidents of shooting, terrorism or violence in general, copious precipitation, and notable instances of deception or fraud also could occur near this line. In the prediction section shown here, incidents of violence or fires/explosions could also occur:

When extended south, the line passes through eastern Sichuan (China):

- Straight line running through 21°00′N, 101°00′E (near Ban Tia Kam Pia, Luang Namtha, Laos). Noteworthy accidents or notable malefic incidents, in addition to or instead of earthquakes, could occur near this line.

When extended north, the Gansu-Qinghai (China) section of the line appears more malefic, especially for accidents, incidents of violence, stormy weather or fires/explosions:

- Line between 32°00′N, 95°56′E (near Jinisaixiang, Nangqên County, Yushu, Qinghai, China) and 25°48′N, 92°33′E (near Chekphubang, Assam, India). Take a 280 km range to the west of this line instead of the usual 250 km. This is a strongly malefic line, especially its Qinghai-Tibet section; M5.5+ quake likely near it. Notable accidents or incidents involving fire, firearms or explosions, troubles for children, the young, or students, troubles for travellers, sailors and diplomats, communication troubles, border conflicts or incidents, notable incidents of violence and aggression, and storms or strong winds also possible near this line. It should be noted that Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh, lies close to the line (not shown).

When extended north, the line will pass close by Haixi Mongol and Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture (Qinghai, China) (not shown).

- Line between 29°36′N, 91°07′E (near Lhasa, Tibet, China) and 23°36′N, 88°04′E (near Srikhanda, West Bengal, India). Though earthquakes can, of course, also occur near this line, what appears to be of strong concern here is violence, accidents, incidents affecting a large number of people (e.g., a massacre), or incidents affecting people in high positions.

- Straight line running through 27°36′N, 88°22′E (near Sakyong-Pentong, Sikkim, India). Notable accidents, landslides or collapses of structures, violence, incidents that bring casualties, troubles for labourers/blue collar workers or for the old or poor, troubles for the very wealthy, troubles for politicians, religious people, state ministers and bureaucrats, or strong precipitation also likely near this line.

When extended north, the Ürümqi-Turpan section (Xinjiang, China) of the line looks highly malefic, and M5.5+ earthquake highly likely in this section:

- Straight line running through 46°00′N, 86°03′E (north of Are Desai 阿热德赛, Hoboksar Mongol Autonomous County, Tacheng Prefecture, Xinjiang, China). Noteworthy accidents or notable malefic incidents, in addition to or instead of earthquakes, could occur near this line.

When extended south, the line bisects the Mount Everest-Kathmandu area (Nepal), and troubles to authorities or top figures, storms and network outages (power, water, telecom, etc.) also likely in this prediction section:

- Line between 28°00′N, 85°58′E (northeast of Tatopani, Bagmati, Nepal) and 21°00′N, 82°40′E (near Bisora, Odisha, India). Notable accidents or incidents involving fire, firearms or explosions, troubles for travellers, network outages (power, IT, water, etc.), storms or strong winds, and troubles to authorities or those in high positions also possible near this line.

When extended a bit south, the same line can be seen thus: between 17°36′N, 81°12′E (near Ayyavarigudem, Andhra Pradesh, India) and 11°24′N, 78°38′E (west of Palakadu, Tamil Nadu, India). This section looks highly malefic, especially Tamil Nadu-Kerala area (India):

- Straight line running through 18°41′N, 78°34′E (near Karepalle, Telangana, India). Noteworthy accidents or notable malefic incidents, in addition to or instead of earthquakes, could occur near this line. The prediction section shown here is highly malefic: earthquake magnitude could even cross 5.2.

When extended north, the line passes through the Ladakh-Uttarakhand area of north India and close by Indian capital, New Delhi:

When extended further north, the Xinjiang (China) section of the line looks highly malefic, particularly for earthquakes, and magnitude may even cross 5.7:

- Line between 37°00′N, 80°03′E (near Nawaxiang, Lop County, Hotan Prefecture, Xinjiang, China) and 31°00′N, 76°56′E (near Rauri, Himachal Pradesh, India). Notable accidents, incidents of violence, troubles for the destitute or prostitutes, low temperatures, storms, troubles for waste processing or storage facilities, conflicts to gain power, notable criminal incidents, troubles for criminal networks, death of a top businessperson, and troubles for those in position of power also likely in some sections of this line.

When extended south, the same line can be seen thus: between 23°23′N, 73°32′E (near Limbodara, Gujarat, India) and 16°18′N, 70°44′E (off Devgad, Maharashtra, India), with the northern half of this section (Udaipur-Ahmedabad-Mumbai area) looking especially malefic.

- Straight line running through 19°41′N, 72°47′E (near Varkhunti, Maharashtra, India). Noteworthy accidents or notable malefic incidents, in addition to or instead of earthquakes, could occur near this line.

When extended north, the Sargodha-Faisalabad section (Punjab, Pakistan) of the line looks malefic:

- Straight line running through 31°23′N, 64°15′E (near Naveh Barakza’i, Helmand, Afghanistan). Noteworthy accidents or notable malefic incidents, in addition to or instead of earthquakes, could occur near this line.

When extended north, the line will pass through the Baikonur-Kyzylorda area of Kazakhstan:

Part II, with predictions for the Western Hemisphere, for the period of 13 to 23 July 2026, will be published soon.

Note 1: Owing to lack of time, I am unable to look at many areas of the world. It is possible that on some prediction line(s) that I have not chosen, a strong earthquake may take place, but I can only do my best with the time constraints possible. However, wherever a line is given, an earthquake or some other incident that can or does lead to fall of structures is highly likely to happen near it, unless weak probability is already noted. Of course, as stated earlier, if several lines are very close by, it is not necessary that there would be a notable event corresponding to each line: always use common sense!

Note 2: If a big earthquake has happened in a place, aftershocks may continue for days, weeks and even months. I predict the big (usually the first) earthquake, not always the aftershocks (unless they are also seen prominently on the charts, as does happen sometimes, especially when an aftershock is big).

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