If the ground moves, better check the sky.
Geologists have set up monitoring stations in earthquake zones connected to satellites registering upper atmosphere and ionosphere data during an earthquake, and are noticing a correlation.
In the days before the March 11th Tohoku earthquake in Japan, the total electron content of the ionosphere increased dramatically over the epicentre, reaching a maximum three days before the quake. At the same time, satellite observations showed an increase in infrared emissions from above the epicentre, peaking in the hours before the quake. Non-scientist translation: the atmosphere was heating up.
The phenomenon would also lend credence to the observations of bright orange sunsets or dense air before earthquakes - what people sometimes call "earthquake weather"
Geologists have set up monitoring stations in earthquake zones connected to satellites registering upper atmosphere and ionosphere data during an earthquake, and are noticing a correlation.
In the days before the March 11th Tohoku earthquake in Japan, the total electron content of the ionosphere increased dramatically over the epicentre, reaching a maximum three days before the quake. At the same time, satellite observations showed an increase in infrared emissions from above the epicentre, peaking in the hours before the quake. Non-scientist translation: the atmosphere was heating up.
The phenomenon would also lend credence to the observations of bright orange sunsets or dense air before earthquakes - what people sometimes call "earthquake weather"
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