Using thunderquakes to X-ray Earth – a new study shows urban seismology in action

Using thunderquakes to X-ray Earth – a new study shows urban seismology in action

As lightning lights up apartment buildings, the thunder creates useful vibrations. Philip Fong/AFP via Getty Images When lightning strikes, it superheats the air around it and creates a shock wave that we hear as thunder. But thunder doesn’t just travel through the atmosphere to our ears. When that energy reaches the g