Turkey's 4.2 quake followed by lights linked to seismic activity
Technology
After a magnitude 4.2 earthquake shook Turkey on April 2, people spotted mysterious lights in the sky.
Some thought they were UFOs or just tricks of the eye.
Turns out, these are called earthquake lights, and they're actually linked to seismic activity.
Scientists say p-holes cause lights
Scientists say these rare lights happen when intense pressure in the Earth's crust creates charged particles (called p-holes).
As these particles move up and hit the atmosphere, they make air molecules glow, kind of like nature's own light show.
Earthquake lights usually pop up near places where tectonic plates shift, and researchers are now using satellites to study them and learn more about earthquakes.