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Earthquake lights study published in Seismological Research Letters

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Eyewitness drawing of lights in the sky during an earthquake at Ebingen, Germany
An eyewitness drawing of earthquake lights at Ebingen in 1911 Friedrich Konzelmann, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Robert Theriault, Friedemann Freund and colleagues reviewed historical reports of lights seen before or during earthquakes and found most came from rift settings, proposing an electrical mechanism. Freund noted that such lights have at times been taken for UFOs.

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  1. PressBizarre Earthquake Lights Finally ExplainedNational Geographic / 2014-01-07
  2. OtherPrevalence of Earthquake Lights Associated with Rift Environments (Theriault, St-Laurent, Freund, Derr)Seismological Research Letters / 2014-01

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