Any time we have a major earthquake event in the news, accompanying all the unfortunate

reports of damage or casualties are almost always claims of earthquake lights.

Bright flashes in the sky that an increasing number of people believe are caused by earthquakes,

or sometimes even precede and portend them.

The only problem with this is that there is almost certainly no such thing.

Bright lights are up next on Skeptoid.

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Earthquake lights do they exist.

The ground rumbles, buildings quiver, items tumble from shelves, Facebook and Twitter

light up with pictures of the damage, hair-raising tails of fear, and in the past few years, a new

addition to earthquake lore, commenters and reporters have taken to calling them earthquake

lights.

There said to be natural illumination somehow triggered by the same forces that cause earthquakes,

and stories of them have quickly spread to all corners of the internet.

They're mentioned equally on science and pseudoscience websites, and have clearly captured

the imagination of those interested in the mysteries of the Earth.

Today we're going to dig in and see if earthquake lights truly are an actual phenomenon requiring

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