Reports of similar unexplained bursts of bright, dancing lights go back centuries to ancient Greece.
Other times they resemble glowing spheres floating in midair.
Earthquakes, particularly powerful ones, are most likely to occur along or in the vicinity of the areas where tectonic plates meet. Freund explained that when certain defects or impurities in crystals in rocks are put under mechanical stress - such as during the build-up of tectonic stresses before or during a major earthquake - they instantly break apart and generate electricity.Earthquake lights were seen in Mexico City as a 7.0 magnitude earthquake struck in September 2021.
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