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Venezuela: Candilazo Phenomenon Turns Sky Red Days After Twin Quakes

Days after powerful twin earthquakes battered the country, residents of Venezuela witnessed the sky turn a deep crimson red at sunset on Tuesday, June 30, with videos of the phenomenon spreading rapidly on social media and fueling speculation of a link to the recent seismic activity. Atmospheric scientists said the display, known locally as a candilazo, was a well-understood optical phenomenon caused by sunlight interacting with airborne particles, rather than evidence of "earthquake lights" or other seismic-related causes.

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Venezuela: Skies Over Caracas Turn Red at Sunset Days After Deadly Earthquakes 2

Days after powerful earthquakes devastated parts of Venezuela, residents of Caracas witnessed the sky turn a deep crimson red at sunset on Tuesday, June 30, with videos of the phenomenon spreading rapidly on social media and fueling speculation of a link to the recent seismic activity. Atmospheric scientists said the display, known locally as a candilazo, was a well-understood optical phenomenon caused by sunlight interacting with airborne particles, rather than evidence of "earthquake lights" or other seismic-related causes.

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Venezuela: Skies Over Caracas Turn Red at Sunset Days After Deadly Earthquakes

Days after powerful earthquakes devastated parts of Venezuela, residents of Caracas witnessed the sky turn a deep crimson red at sunset on Tuesday, June 30, with videos of the phenomenon spreading rapidly on social media and fueling speculation of a link to the recent seismic activity. Atmospheric scientists said the display, known locally as a candilazo, was a well-understood optical phenomenon caused by sunlight interacting with airborne particles, rather than evidence of "earthquake lights" or other seismic-related causes.

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Powerful earthquake hits northeastern Japan+

Photo taken at JR Morioka Station in Morioka in Iwate Prefecture shows the interior of a Tohoku Shinkansen bullet train car after the lights went out following an earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 7.2 that struck northeastern Japan on June 25, 2026.

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Turkey: Ceiling Lights Shake After M6.0 Earthquake in Balikesir 2

A magnitude 6.0 earthquake struck Turkey on Monday, October 27. Multiple buildings collapsed in the town of Sindirgi, Balikesir Province, near the earthquake's epicenter. This video shows ceiling lights shaking due to the quake in Bursa.

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Turkey: Ceiling Lights Shake After M6.0 Earthquake in Balikesir

A magnitude 6.0 earthquake struck Turkey on Monday, October 27. Multiple buildings collapsed in the town of Sindirgi, Balikesir Province, near the earthquake's epicenter. This footage shows ceiling lights swaying inside a store in the Bahcelievler neighborhood of Balikesir.

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UK: Northern Lights Dazzle Across Country After Solar Storm

The Northern Lights lit up skies across the UK on Monday night September 1, from Scotland to Kent, following a strong solar storm, with another display possible Tuesday.

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Thailand: Ceiling Lights Sway as M7.7 Quake Rocks Bangkok

A magnitude 7.7 earthquake with an epicenter in neighboring Myanmar hit Bangkok on Friday, March 28, causing some buildings to collapse. This video shows a chandelier swaying after the quake.

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Thailand: Ceiling Lights Sway as M7.7 Quake Rocks Bangkok 2

A magnitude 7.7 earthquake with an epicenter in neighboring Myanmar hit Bangkok on Friday, March 28, causing some buildings to collapse. This video shows ceiling lights swaying after the quake.

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20th anniversary of Chuetsu Earthquake

About 2,200 lights are lit in Nagaoka, Niigata Prefecture, northwest of Tokyo, on Oct. 23, 2024, to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the massive earthquake that killed 68 people.

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20th anniversary of Chuetsu Earthquake

About 2,200 lights are lit in Nagaoka, Niigata Prefecture, northwest of Tokyo, on Oct. 23, 2024, to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the massive earthquake that killed 68 people.

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Turkey: Magnitude 6.0 Earthquake Hits Malatya 4

An earthquake struck Malatya province in eastern Turkey on Wednesday, October 16, with its epicenter in the district of Kale, about 40 km (25 miles) east of the city of Malatya.” According to the USGS, the magnitude was 6.0. The shaking was felt across a wide range of areas.

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Turkey: Magnitude 6.0 Earthquake Hits Malatya

An earthquake struck Malatya province in eastern Turkey on Wednesday, October 16, with its epicenter in the district of Kale, about 40 km (25 miles) east of the city of Malatya. According to the USGS, the magnitude was 6.0. The shaking was felt across a wide range of areas.

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Turkey: Magnitude 6.0 Earthquake Hits Malatya 2

An earthquake struck Malatya province in eastern Turkey on Wednesday, October 16, with its epicenter in the district of Kale, about 40 km (25 miles) east of the city of Malatya.” According to the USGS, the magnitude was 6.0. The shaking was felt across a wide range of areas.

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Turkey: Magnitude 6.0 Earthquake Hits Malatya 3

An earthquake struck Malatya province in eastern Turkey on Wednesday, October 16, with its epicenter in the district of Kale, about 40 km (25 miles) east of the city of Malatya.” According to the USGS, the magnitude was 6.0. The shaking was felt across a wide range of areas.

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Japan: Strong Earthquake Strikes Off Kyushu Triggering Tsunami Advisory 5

A magnitude 7.1 earthquake struck off the coast of Miyazaki Prefecture, southern Kyushu Thursday afternoon, August 8 triggering a tsunami advisory for the island's east and southern coast and the southern coast of the neighboring island of Shikoku. This video shows ceiling lights swinging after the quake inside a restaurant in downtown Kumamoto City.

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Japan: Strong Earthquake Strikes Off Kyushu Triggering Tsunami Advisory

A magnitude 7.1 earthquake struck off the coast of Miyazaki Prefecture, southern Kyushu Thursday afternoon, August 8 triggering a tsunami advisory for the island's east and southern coast and the southern coast of the neighboring island of Shikoku. This video shows ceiling lights swinging after the quake inside a shopping mall at Kumamoto Station in Kumamoto City.

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China: Deadly Earthquake Off Taiwan’s East Coast Shakes Ningbo, Zhejiang Province

The earthquake that struck off the east coast of Taiwan was also felt in parts of China. This video shows a room with chandeliers and couches shaking in Ningbo, Zhejiang Province, eastern China. The quake has left at least 13 dead and more than 1,100 injured as of writing.

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Japan: M6.0 Earthquake Strikes Off Fukushima Coast, No Tsunami Warning Issued

A magnitude 6.0 earthquake struck off the coast of Fukushima, Japan on April 4 around 12:16 p.m. The depth of the epicenter was approximately 40 km. No tsunami warning was issued. This video shows the ceiling lights and power lines shaking at the JR Natori Station in Miyagi Prefecture.

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First post-quake class in make-shift classrooms in NW China

STORY: First post-quake class in make-shift classrooms in NW China SHOOTING DATE: Dec. 28, 2023 DATELINE: Dec. 29, 2023 LENGTH: 00:00:46 LOCATION: XINING, China CATEGORY: OTHERS SHOTLIST: 1. various of temporary classrooms 2. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): YAN HUIZHEN, Teacher STORYLINE: Newly-built temporary classrooms are built in Guanting Town Central School, Qinghai Province, NW China. Part of the school buildings were damaged or collapsed after a 6.2-magnitude earthquake hit Jishishan county in neighboring Gansu Province at midnight on December 18. To resume normal school life, temporary classrooms were built by local authorities within days. Students had their first class after the quake on Thursday, starting with post-disaster psychological counseling. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): YAN HUIZHEN, Teacher "All the classrooms are well-equipped, including heating systems, chalkboards, lights and so on. Students are more optimistic than we thought. Though the weather is very cold, we don't feel cold at all staying insi

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PAKISTAN-ISLAMABAD-TÜRKIYE-SYRIA-EARTHQUAKE-CONDOLENCES

(230207) -- ISLAMABAD, Feb. 7, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A woman lights candles during a candle light vigil for the victims of earthquakes in Türkiye and Syria, in Islamabad, capital of Pakistan on Feb. 6, 2023. (Xinhua/Ahmad Kamal)

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28th anniversary of Great Hanshin Earthquake

A woman lights up a lantern at a park in Kobe in Hyogo Prefecture on Jan. 17, 2023, the 28th anniversary of the 1995 Great Hanshin Earthquake that struck the western Japan city and its vicinity, killing more than 6,000 people.

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28th anniversary of Great Hanshin Earthquake

People place lights on stacked stones arranged to spell out the kanji for "life" near a river in Takarazuka, Hyogo Prefecture, on Jan. 16, 2023, during an event marking the 28th anniversary of the Great Hanshin Earthquake, which struck the western Japan city of Kobe and its vicinity killing more than 6,000 people.

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Japan marks 20 years since Kobe quake

KOBE, Japan - A woman lights a bamboo lantern at a park in Kobe, western Japan, in the early morning of Jan. 17, 2015, the 20th anniversary of the Great Hanshin Earthquake, which devastated the port city and its surrounding areas and claimed the lives of 6,434 people.

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Japan marks 20 years since Kobe quake

KOBE, Japan - A child lights a bamboo lantern at a park in Kobe, western Japan, in the early morning of Jan. 17, 2015, the 20th anniversary of the Great Hanshin Earthquake, which devastated the port city and its surrounding areas and claimed the lives of 6,434 people.

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Child lights candle on 20th Hanshin quake anniv.

KOBE, Japan - A child lights a candle during an event to remember the victims of the 1995 Great Hanshin Earthquake in Kobe's Nagata Ward on Jan. 17, 2015, the 20th anniversary of the disaster. A total of 6,434 people were killed by the quake which devastated Kobe and its vicinity in western Japan.

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Japan marks 20 years since Kobe quake

KOBE, Japan - Lights forming 1.17 are seen at a park in Kobe, western Japan, in the early morning of Jan. 17, 2015, the 20th anniversary of the Great Hanshin Earthquake, which devastated the port city and its surrounding areas and claimed the lives of 6,434 people.

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Japan marks 20 years since Kobe quake

KOBE, Japan - Lights forming 1.17 are seen at a park in Kobe, western Japan, in the early morning of Jan. 17, 2015, the 20th anniversary of the Great Hanshin Earthquake, which devastated the port city and its surrounding areas and claimed the lives of 6,434 people.

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Christmas tree lit up in quake-hit Miyagi Pref.

KESENNUMA, Japan - The Japan Committee for UNICEF lights up on Nov. 23, 2014, an 8-meter Christmas tree using blue LEDs at a reconstruction stall village in Kesennuma, Miyagi Prefecture, in an effort to cheer up children in the northeastern Japanese region devastated by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami.

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Temporary housing in Sendai

SENDAI, Japan - Lights remain off on the night of Aug. 5, 2014, at a temporary housing facility in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture. An increasing number of residents who had taken shelter at the facility since the 2011 earthquake and tsunami disaster have moved out, while some 90,000 people still live in the prefabricated temporary housing in the prefectures of Iwate, Miyagi and Fukushima.

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Candles lit to mourn victims of March 2011 disaster

RIKUZENTAKATA, Japan - Candles and electric lights illuminate the night in Rikuzentakata, Iwate Prefecture, on March 10, 2014, to mourn victims of the March 11, 2011 earthquake and tsunami disaster.

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19th anniv. of Great Hanshin Earthquake

KOBE, Japan - Lights forming 1.17 are seen at Higashi Yuenchi park in Kobe, Hyogo Prefecture, western Japan, on the early morning of Jan. 17, 2014, the 19th anniversary of the Great Hanshin Earthquake that claimed the lives of more than 6,400 people.

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Hanshin quake anniversary

KOBE, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows a downtown area of Kobe, western Japan, on Jan. 17, 2013, the 18th anniversary of the Great Hanshin Earthquake that claimed the lives of more than 6,400 people. Lights forming 1.17 can be seen at Higashi Yuenchi park (lower R), where a memorial event was held from the early morning.

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Disaster drills in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Police officers control traffic in the Ginza shopping district in central Tokyo on Sept. 1, 2011, in a disaster drill on the assumption that traffic lights have gone out due to a power outage. Annual emergency drills were held the same day across Japan in commemoration of the Great Kanto Earthquake on Sept. 1, 1923.

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Disaster drills in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Police officers control traffic in the Ginza shopping district in central Tokyo on Sept. 1, 2011, in a disaster drill on the assumption that traffic lights have gone out due to a power outage. Annual emergency drills were held the same day across Japan in commemoration of the Great Kanto Earthquake on Sept. 1, 1923.

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5 months after quake, tsunami

KESENNUMA, Japan - A firework lights up the sky over a fish market in Kesennuma, Miyagi Prefecture, on Aug. 11, 2011, five months after the March 11 earthquake and tsunami struck the area.

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Saving power in Japan

OSAKA, Japan - Commuters walk under lights partially lit and turned down to save energy in the underground mall in Osaka, on July 1, 2011. Many Japanese businesses and households are saving energy as the government started restricting electricity consumption by large-lot users in eastern Japan the same day to avert power shortages in the wake of the March 11 earthquake, tsunami and nuclear disaster.

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Saving power in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - People shop under dimmed lights in a branch of major supermarket chain Aeon Co., in Tokyo's Edogawa Ward, on July 1, 2011, with the sign saying the store will open at 8 a.m. instead of the usual 9 a.m. during the summer. Many Japanese businesses and households are saving energy as the government started restricting electricity consumption by large-lot users in eastern Japan the same day to avert power shortages in the wake of the March 11 earthquake, tsunami and nuclear disaster.

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Glico sign

OSAKA, Japan - A huge signboard of confectionery maker Ezaki Glico, a landmark of Osaka, is lit up with neon lights on April 4, 2011, after remaining dark since March 12 in the wake of the massive earthquake and tsunami that struck northeastern Japan the previous day. The company said it had decided to light up the sign again following requests from many people, who said the Kansai region centering on Osaka should regain its brightness and vitality for the sake of the entire nation.

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Lights turned down in Tokyo on blackout warning

TOKYO, Japan - Buildings in Tokyo turn down the lights on March 17, 2011, as part of electricity saving efforts to avoid massive power outages. Left front is JR Shinjuku Station. Power demand in the region has increased due to cold temperatures amid substantial power shortages following a massive earthquake and tsunami which crippled some power plants.

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Lights turned down in Tokyo on blackout warning

TOKYO, Japan - Buildings in Tokyo's Marunouchi business district turn down the lights on March 17, 2011, as part of electricity saving efforts to avoid massive power outages. Power demand in the region has increased due to cold temperatures amid substantial power shortages following a massive earthquake and tsunami which crippled some power plants.

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Lights turned down in Tokyo on blackout warning

TOKYO, Japan - Buildings in Tokyo's metropolitan area turn down the lights on March 17, 2011, as part of electricity saving efforts to avoid massive power outages. Power demand in the region has increased due to cold temperatures amid substantial power shortages following a massive earthquake and tsunami which crippled some power plants.

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Rolling blackouts after quake

YOKOSUKA, Japan - Police officers direct traffic at an intersection where the traffic lights have been turned off in Yokosuka, Kanagawa Prefecture, on March 15, 2011, due to rolling blackouts in eastern Japan by Tokyo Electric Power Co. to avoid massive power outages. The utility decided to conduct region-wide energy-saving efforts amid power shortages following the March 11 earthquake and tsunami disasters which damaged nuclear power plants in northeastern Japan.

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15th anniv. of Great Hanshin quake

KOBE, Japan - A girl lights a candle during a ceremony in Kobe on Jan. 17, 2010, to mark the 15th anniversary of the 1995 Great Hanshin Earthquake, which killed more than 6,400 people.

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15th anniv. of Great Hanshin quake

KOBE, Japan - This photo shows city lights of Kobe on Jan. 17, 2010, the 15th anniversary of the Great Hanshin Earthquake, which killed more than 6,400 people in the western Japan city and its vicinity.

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15th anniv. of Great Hanshin quake

KOBE, Japan - A man lights a candle during a ceremony in Kobe on Jan. 17, 2010, to mark the 15th anniversary of the 1995 Great Hanshin Earthquake, which killed more than 6,400 people.

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Kobe, vicinity mark 15th anniversary of Great Hanshin Earthquake

KOBE, Japan - Thousands of bamboo lanterns form ''1.17'' and ''1995'' in a park located in the center of Kobe before dawn on Jan. 17, 2010, with lights in a nearby building also forming ''1.17.'' The western Japan port city and neighboring cities marked the 15th anniversary of the 1995 Great Hanshin Earthquake, which took the lives of 6,434 people.

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15th anniv. of Great Hanshin quake

KOBE, Japan - A girl lights a candle with the help of her father to mourn the 6,434 victims of the 1995 Great Hanshin Earthquake at Koyaike Park in Itami, Hyogo Prefecture, on Jan. 16, 2010, during a ceremony on the eve of the 15th anniversary of the disaster.

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Events held to commemorate 1995 Great Hanshin Earthquake

KOBE, Japan - The date Jan. 17 formed by candles and window lights highlights a memorial service held in Kobe on Jan. 17 before daylight to mark the 14th anniversary of the 1995 Great Hanshin Earthquake that took 6,434 lives.

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Kobe marks 13th anniversary of devastating earthquake

KOBE, Japan - A woman lights bamboo lanterns during a memorial service held in Kobe on Jan. 17 to mark the 13th anniversary of the 1995 Great Hanshin Earthquake. She lost her son in the disaster that took more than 6,400 lives.