"Recent Progress in Observing and Understanding of the Electromagnetic and Thermal Anomalies Associated with Earthquakes"
Recent earthquakes have provided renewed interest in the question of the existence of electromagnetic (EM) signals related to these strong earthquakes. Latest observations from ground and satellite based sensors provide evidence for the existence of electrical and magnetic signals prior to some earthquakes. A question that is still widely debated in the science community is whether such signals precede and were they related with these earthquakes. The main reason for this caution is a lack of understanding of the relationship between these seismo-mechanical processes, in the ground, and the electromagnetic events in the atmospheric/ionospheric. This presentation will describe our recent progress in using joint satellite and ground EM observations related to recent earthquakes and tectonic activities. We will describe the latest theoretical models, different methodological approaches used in EM analysis and present examples of observations of EM phenomena related to earthquake activity.