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Earthquake lights are real.

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INSUFFICIENT LEANING
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Is it true that earthquake lights are real?

Unclear. Several sources describe earthquake lights as a reported phenomenon and some treat them as real, but the USGS and encyclopedic accounts note that geophysicists disagree and no confirmed mechanism exists. The evidence supports only that reports exist and are taken seriously by some researchers, not that the phenomenon is established as real.

Verdict: PARTIAL LEAN · 6 sources for, 0 against · Last checked

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Earthquake light - Wikipedia
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Earthquake light - Wikipedia. (n.d.). en.wikipedia.org. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earthquake_light

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What are earthquake lights? | U.S. Geological Survey
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What are earthquake lights? | U.S. Geological Survey. (n.d.). usgs.gov. https://www.usgs.gov/faqs/what-are-earthquake-lights

Earthquake Lights In Legends Of The Greek Orthodoxy
2015
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Earthquake Lights In Legends Of The Greek Orthodoxy. (2015). doi.org. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.35529

Co-seismic Earthquake Lights: The Underlying Mechanism
2019
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Friedemann, F. (2019). Co-seismic Earthquake Lights: The Underlying Mechanism. inis.iaea.org. https://inis.iaea.org/records/zxp4e-hst42

Not by fire but by ice : discover what killed the dinosaurs-- and why it could soon kill us
1997
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W, F. R. (1997). Not by fire but by ice : discover what killed the dinosaurs-- and why it could soon kill us. archive.org. https://archive.org/details/notbyfirebutbyic0000feli

Handbook of Unusual Natural Phenomena
1986
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Handbook of Unusual Natural Phenomena. (1986). books.google.com. http://books.google.com/books?id=c74PAQAAMAAJ&dq=Earthquake+lights+are+real.&hl=&as_pt=BOOKS&source=gbs_api

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