Las luces del terremoto de Guayaquil del 16 de abril de 2016: Un estudio de la correlación con la aceleración

Abstract

In recent years, the evidences about the earthquake lights (EQL) have strengthened with film recordings. This is the case of the light phenomena which have been observed in Guayaquil during the earthquake of 16 April 2016. The unusual lights were captured by a security camera installed at the Escuela Superior Politécnica del Litoral (ESPOL) campus (Fig. 1). Up until a few decades ago, EQL were taken with some skepticism. The lack of hard data made it difficult to accept them. The film recording about the Guayaquil EQL is both impressive and useful for the study of the EQL. In this work a time difference correlation between the EQL and the seismic ground accelerations was found. A better understanding of the EQL generation process can improve our understanding of seismicity and help in the prediction of earthquakes.