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by bodelecta 1015 days ago
It's not some phenomenon, it's shitty sensationalism from the UK's worst "newspaper". I'm still surprised it didn't go the same was as the news of the world. The UK would be a better place without media like this including the people who work for them.
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> It's not some phenomenon,

I would say probably

depending on the kind of earthquake and sediment/ground/stone it can involve a bunch of friction not just in the crust which could create electric charge which could lead to ground to sky/cloud lightning

which would make it a (normal non mystical) natural phenomena

if you look at this random googled photo of ground to sky lightning (https://www.pinterest.com/pin/567172146806422809/) it color and form wise can "close enough" match the observed behavior