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Clue to earthquake lightning mystery

By James Morgan
BBC News
3-5-14

Mysterious lightning flashes that appear to precede earthquakes could be sparked by movements in the ground below, US scientists say.

     Unidentified glowing objects were spotted moments before major quakes in China and Italy recently.

These flickers could be triggered by shifting soil layers which generate huge electrical charge, say scientists.

Using a tub of plain kitchen flour, they discovered an entirely new physical phenomenon.

They announced their findings at the American Physical Society meeting in Denver.

"Our first suspicion was this has got to be a mistake. There must be something stupid we are doing," said Professor Troy Shinbrot, of Rutgers University, New Jersey.

"We took a tupperware container filled with flour, tipped it back and forth until cracks appeared, and it produced 200 volts of charge.

"There isn't a mechanism I know that can explain this. It seems to be new physics. " . . .

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'UFO lights' May Help Predict Earthquakes

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By www.authintmail.com
1-6-14

     The rare lights that accompany earthquakes may one day help predict the approach of major quakes, scientists say.

Earthquake lights (EQL) are more likely to occur on or near rift environments, where sub-vertical faults allow stress-induced electrical currents to flow rapidly to the surface, researchers said.

From the early days of seismology, the luminous phenomena associated with some earthquakes have intrigued scholars. Earthquake lights appear before or during earthquakes, but rarely after, they said.

EQL take a variety of forms, including spheres of light floating through the air.

In a detailed study of 65 documented EQL cases since 1600 AD, 85 per cent appeared spatially on or near rifts, and 97 per cent appeared adjacent to sub-vertical faults.

Intraplate faults are associated with just 5 per cent of Earth's seismic activity, but 97 per cent of documented cases of earthquake lights.

"The numbers are striking and unexpected," said Robert Theriault, a geologist with Quebec's Ministry of Natural Resources. . . .

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