Earthquake in Mexico: Mysterious lightning bolts appeared after the earthquake | The shocking videos of the phenomenon

a Magnitude 7.1 earthquake rocked Acapulco this Tuesday night, in southern Mexico, and caused the death of at least one person. However, the attention of the press and social networks has taken some awesome lightning in the sky, similar to lightning, which occurred in the center. From the streets, frightened residents managed to capture the moment with their mobile phones.

What are the flashes of Mexico

The lights of the earthquake correspond to an unusual luminous aerial phenomenon, similar in appearance to an aurora borealis, which appears in the sky above or near areas where there is tectonic stress, seismic activity, or volcanic eruptions.

They were first documented in the 1600s, according to a report by the American Seismological Association.

They are particularly visible at night. Although there are several hypotheses that attempt to scientifically explain this phenomenon, there is still no fully convincing interpretation on this subject.

According to researchers at Rutgers University in the United States, These flashes of light occur because landslides near Earth’s geological faults could generate an electrical charge.

Experiments conducted by the Rutgers University lab suggest that these lights come from the great increased electrical charge in the soil when the soil breaks. These seismic lights can be produced before or during earthquakes.

Curiously coincident earthquakes

September 7, 2017 Mexico has lived the largest earthquake in the last 100 years: a magnitude 8.2 earthquake that caused loss of life and multiple damage to the Isthmus of Oaxaca.

This earthquake left terrible damage in the central states of the country. Some independent organizations have calculated losses of between $ 4 billion and $ 8 billion.

A week later, on September 19, 2017, the misfortune that Mexico City had known 32 years earlier was repeated on the same day in 1985. The latter is considered one of the strongest in Mexican history.

The precise number of deaths, injuries and property damage has never been known with precision. As for the deceased, there are only estimates: 3,192 was the official figure, while 20,000 were the data resulting from the calculations of some organizations.