Extraordinary earthquake lights explained -- they're not UFOs The rare and colorful lights sometimes seen before major earthquakes could come from electric charges in certain types of rock.

Mysterious lights that dance in the days or hours leading up to earthquakes take many different shapes and colors.

Reports of “earthquake lights,” like the ones seen in videos captured before Friday’s 6.8-magnitude earthquake in Morocco, go back centuries to ancient Greece.

Mysterious flashes of lightning sometimes herald earthquakes, and now scientists may have discovered why: Shifting grains surrounding faults in the Earth may generate an electric charge. This ...

World News Strange ‘earthquake lights’ explained (CNN) — I once felt the immense force unleashed by an earthquake in 1999 when I was living in Taipei, Taiwan.

A team of seismologists believes it has uncovered the mystery behind the orbs of light in the sky that sometimes precede earthquakes: subvertical faults in continental rifts releasing stress ...

Reports of "earthquake lights," like the ones seen in videos captured before the 6.8-magnitude earthquake in Morocco, go back centuries to ancient Greece.

A new study on the curious phenomenon known as earthquake lights posits some causes for the strange glowing lights that have been seen before earthquakes for centuries but have remained a mystery ...

Reports of “earthquake lights,” like the ones seen in videos captured before Friday’s 6.8-magnitude earthquake in Morocco, go back centuries to ancient Greece.

Reports of multicolor “earthquake lights,” such as the ones seen in videos captured before Morocco’s 6.8 magnitude quake on September 8, go back centuries to ancient Greece.

Strange ‘earthquake lights’ explained NASA The first class of women astronauts selected by NASA is shown in 1978 ahead of training: (from left) Rhea Seddon ...