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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Shaking probably breaks powerlines, knocks down poles, etc. May also cause surges or power fluctuations as grid gets disrupted, etc. and blows transformers and such
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