When lightning strikes, it superheats the air around it and creates a shock wave that we hear as thunder. When that energy reaches the ground, some of it is converted into seismic waves, and the resulting vibration is a thunderquake
When lightning strikes, it superheats the air around it and creates a shock wave that we hear as thunder. When that energy reaches the ground, some of it is converted into seismic waves, and the resulting vibration is a thunderquake
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Using thunderquakes to X-ray Earth – a new study shows urban seismology in action
Scientists used ordinary telecom fibre-optic cables to detect seismic waves generated by thunder, opening a new way to study groundwater, sinkholes and underground structures
