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Time Difference Correlation between Seismic Waves and Earthquake Lights

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	INTRODUCTION

 
Although earthquake lights (EQLs) are considered a scientifically proven fact (Derr 1973; Ouellet 1990), and experiments have been implemented in the laboratory to try to explain their cause (Warwick et al. 1982; Brady and Rowell 1986; St-Laurent et al. 2006), a direct relationship between seismic waves and EQLs in situ has not yet been established. EQLs are an unusual luminous aerial phenomenon, similar in appearance to the aurora borealis, that appears in the sky at or near areas of tectonic stress, seismic activity, or volcanic eruptions. Here I report a time difference correlation between seismic waves and EQLs. I have been able to determine that seismic waves start the EQL generation process only at certain points on the Earth's surface. It appears that when propagating through the Earth's crust, strong seismic waves release part of their energy, thus generating EQLs. My research, and the ensuing conclusions, was possible only because of the excellent film . . . [Full Text of this Article]

Departamento de Ciencias
Sección Física
Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú
Lima 32 Peru
jalira@pucp.edu.pe