On the evening of September 7, southern Mexico suffered an 8.1 earthquake of richter, killing at least 61 people. While Mexican authorities are working to conduct rescue and estimate damage caused by the strongest earthquake in 85 years in the country, information about the mysterious green light in Mexico City at the time of the earthquake is attracting attention.
Green light appeared in the sky of Mexico City as residents panicked and ran out onto the streets. There are many theories speculating about the mysterious light in the sky during the Mexico earthquake.
However, according to Sputnik, this phenomenon is called seismic light. Obviously, blue light patches, similar to lightning, are the result of huge amounts of energy released from the ground as tectonic plates move during earthquakes.
However, not everyone is convinced of this hypothesis. Seismologist Stephen Hicks told Metro: "The earthquake light has never been proven. A simple explanation for this is small explosions of generators and power systems."
In addition to Mr. Stephen Hicks, a geophysicist under the USGS was also troubled by the phenomenon. "This is not a geological phenomenon that I am familiar with," Robert Sanders told Gizmodo.
Therefore, according to Sputnik, while science has not yet given a specific explanation, mainly due to the difficulty in collecting necessary data, the mysterious phenomenon of light appearing during earthquakes has not yet been solved until data collection technology is created.
