Earthquake Lights, High Energy Research and the Aurora Borealis

Apparently Earthquake Lights are an ancient phenomenon, sometimes called a myth or rationalized as irrational behavior on the observer's part due to the earthquake.

These lights were first photographed in the 1960s in Japan. It seems most notably people who survived the Great Tangshan Chinese earthquake (GTE) reported seeing the lights the night before.

The AFP recently wrote about Earthquake Lights in China (5/24/08):

The same goes for mysterious brilliant lights seen in skies before large earthquakes since ancient times.

"It looked like explosions. Bright sudden flashes. But there was no sound," said Jiang Mo, 59, who recalls seeing them while lying awake in the pre-dawn heat.

"Many people saw them but nobody had an explanation."

Dubbed "earthquake lights", some scientists believe they may be the products of a traumatised mind, while geologists suggest a link to electromagnetic forces from deep underground.

Here's a news broadcast about the Earthquake Lights in China where the reporter says no one knows what causes the lights and no one has captured it on camera before.


The raw video of the lights 30 minutes before the earthquake.


Finally Holes in Heaven, a documentary, explains how the Alaska HAARP project can induce earthquakes by high energy research beamed into the ionosphere.