a earthquake from magnitude 7.1 hit the city of Acapulco in Mexico on Tuesday evening, felt as far as the capital Mexico City several hundred kilometers away. The shaking lasted for about 40 seconds, causing Windows broken downs and power cuts in several areas of the city. Shortly after the tremors, videos appeared on the social networks showing series of flashs bright bluish in the sky nocturne.
Some have mentioned in particular UFOs, others a ” light seismic ”. This optical phenomenon rare occurs during tremors terre and can take the form oflightning or from luminous halos, which last a few seconds to a few minutes. We suppose that it would be due to the electric charges coming from the flaws earthquakes that would ionize theatmosphere, like northern Lights. Seismic lights, however, have never been scientifically substantiated.
The explanation in the case of earthquake Mexican is much more down to earth. The flashes of light were caused by the explosion of a transformer electric, the strange blue sky being due to the reflection of the explosion in the clouds. A phenomenon that had already occurred in 2017 during the terrible earthquake that hit Mexico City.
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