New Insights into Earthquake Light: Rayleigh Scattering as the Source of Blue Hue and a Novel Co-Seismic Cloud Phenomenon

The New Zealand Kaikoura Earthquake (M<sub>w</sub> 7.8, 14 November 2016) produced co-seismic flashes of earthquake light near the ground at midnight, 230 km north of the epicentre. Mostly, there was a white hemisphere in the atmosphere just above the ground, up to 250 m radius, the colo...

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Main Authors: Neil Evan Whitehead, Ulku Ulusoy
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2025-02-01
Series:Atmosphere
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4433/16/3/277
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