{"id":96323,"date":"2026-04-03T12:19:30","date_gmt":"2026-04-03T06:49:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=96323"},"modified":"2026-04-03T12:19:30","modified_gmt":"2026-04-03T06:49:30","slug":"earthquake-lights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/earthquake-lights\/","title":{"rendered":"Earthquake Lights"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Earthquake Lights Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Recently, small earthquakes shook parts of the Aegean Sea near Turkey and Greece and floating lights appear in the sky after an earthquake near Turkey which is called earthquake lights by the scientists.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Earthquake Lights<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Earthquake lights are <\/span><b>flashes, streaks, balls, or tall pillars<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of light that sometimes appear in the sky right <\/span><b>before, during, or just after an earthquake<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><b>Formation<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Earthquakes happen when huge <\/span><b>tectonic plates push and grind against each other.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This stress <\/span><b>squeezes rocks in the crust<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, especially those containing <\/span><b>quartz or certain minerals.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The pressure creates <\/span><b>electric charges inside the rocks.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">These <\/span><b>charges then flow upward through cracks<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and faults until they reach the surface. Once there, they <\/span><b>bump into air molecules and ionise them,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> stripping electrons and creating glowing plasma.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The result is visible flashes or steady beams with no heat or fire.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Scientists have noted that lights appear more often in places with <\/span><b>straight, vertical faults, like rift zones, which act like easy pathways for electricity.<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source: <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.indiatoday.in\/science\/story\/floating-lights-earthquake-turkey-earthwuake-lights-science-explained-natural-phenomenon-2890585-2026-04-02\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><b>IT<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Earthquake Lights are flashes, streaks, balls, or tall pillars of light that sometimes appear in the sky right before, during, or just after an earthquake. 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