Eli5 : Why do lights go out during an earthquake

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In most of my personal experiences and videos seen online, lights seem to go out during strong earthquakes.

Why? I can grab the cord of a lamp and move it around without the lamp turning off, and I don’t think it has something to do with the power company. During earthquakes, some of my friends who live in the same zone or city as me do not experience lights going out.

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Aside from breaks in transmission, safely protocols may shut down equipment when they sense an earthquake

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