Strange ‘earthquake lights’ explained By Katie Hunt, CNN 4 minute read Published 11:00 AM EDT, Sat September 16, 2023 Link Copied! Follow: Earthquakes See your latest ...

Strange ‘earthquake lights’ explained. Katie Hunt, CNN. September 16, 2023 at 11:00 AM. Copied; Editor’s note: A version of this story appeared in CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter.

Mysterious flashes of lightning sometimes herald earthquakes, and now scientists may have discovered why: Shifting grains surrounding faults in the Earth may generate an electric charge.

These earthquake lights reveal themselves in many forms as glowing spheres, sparks, or even pillars. ... but the trick is finding out which ones of them are active,” Hough explained.

The Summerville Light sightings apparently began in the 1950s and 1960s, within a few kilometers of three magnitude 3.5 to 4.4 earthquakes that took place in 1959 and 1960, she found.

I once felt the immense force unleashed by an earthquake in 1999 when I was living in Taipei, Taiwan. A magnitude 7.6 quake rocked the island not long after I moved there. I remember my newly ...

Force of nature. Reports of multicolor “earthquake lights,” such as the ones seen in videos captured before Morocco’s 6.8 magnitude quake on September 8, go back centuries to ancient Greece.

Strange ‘earthquake lights’ explained (CNN) — I once felt the immense force unleashed by an earthquake in 1999 when I was living in Taipei, ...

By Katie Hunt, CNN (CNN) — I once felt the immense force unleashed by an earthquake in 1999 when I was living in Taipei, Taiwan. A magnitude 7.6 quake rocked the island not long after I moved ...