What is the difference between earthquake and lightning?

lightning is a flash of light produced by short-duration, high-voltage discharge of electricity within a cloud, between clouds, or between a cloud and the earth while earthquake is a shaking of the ground, caused by volcanic activity or movement around geologic faults.

What is earthquake power?

Earthquake Power! An earthquake’s magnitude de- pends on the amplitude of seismic waves, which are recorded by a seismograph. The greater the amplitude of the waves is, the higher the reading on the Richter scale is.

What is earthquake jolt?

When we feel an earthquake we feel a wide range of frequencies but unlike music the notes are less distinct. People describing what they felt during an earthquake may call it a “sharp jolt” or a “rolling motion.” The sharp jolt is due to high frequencies while the rolling motion is due to low frequencies.

Why lightning is caused?

Lightning is an electrical discharge caused by imbalances between storm clouds and the ground, or within the clouds themselves. Most lightning occurs within the clouds. This heat causes surrounding air to rapidly expand and vibrate, which creates the pealing thunder we hear a short time after seeing a lightning flash.

What is a 4.0 earthquake?

A magnitude 4.0 eastern U.S. earthquake typically can be felt at many places as far as 60 miles from where it occurred, and it infrequently causes damage near its source. A magnitude 5.5 eastern U.S. earthquake usually can be felt as far as 300 miles from where it occurred, and sometimes causes damage out to 25 miles.

Can you hear earthquakes coming?

Narration: So, earthquakes produce sounds we can hear as well as infrasonic frequencies, below the range of human hearing. The sounds the seismic sensors recorded are infrasonic, so Hellweg speeded them up so we can hear them. UC Berkeley has been recording earthquakes since the 1880s.

What causes lightning?