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Scientific PaperJanuary 2014

Thériault, St-Laurent, Freund & Derr Earthquake-Lights Study (2014)

A 2014 study in Seismological Research Letters cataloguing 65 well-documented earthquake-light cases since 1600, finding 85 percent occurred near tectonic rifts and 97 percent near a subvertical fault, supporting the peroxy-defect theory.

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    Thériault, St-Laurent, Freund & Derr Earthquake-Lights Study (2014) supports Peroxy-Defect Theory of Earthquake Lights — Found 85% of 65 catalogued cases occurred near tectonic rifts and 97% near a subvertical fault.

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    Thériault, St-Laurent, Freund & Derr Earthquake-Lights Study (2014) was authored by Friedemann Freund.

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