Colourful flashes are seen above Mexico as buildings and street lights shake during the most powerful earthquake to hit the country in a century
- Bizarre footage shows glowing lights in the night sky above Mexico City, Mexico
- Video was captured as fierce 8.1-magnitude tremors rattled the nation's capital
- The flashes sparked speculation they may have been rare 'earthquake lights'
- But others said it could just have been lightning or reflection from street lighting
This is the moment mysterious glowing lights appeared in the night sky above Mexico during the most powerful earthquake to hit the country in a hundred years.
Footage shows glowing lights above what is believed to be Mexico City as fierce 8.1-magnitude tremors rattled the nation's capital last night.
Multi-coloured flashes can be seen as buildings and lamp poles shake below during an earthquake that has so-far claimed six lives.
The lights immediately sparked speculation online, with social media users suggesting a range of explanations, including thunderstorms, a solar phenomenon and even reflection from city lights.
Video of the flashes was posted online by Twitter user L4LO, who said it was taken during the earthquake.
One possible explanation is so-called earthquake lights - rare flashes in the sky that occur during tremors.
According to National Geographic, scientists in 2014 wrote a paper suggesting such lights were caused by electrical properties of certain rocks.
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