We all know that earthquakes are bad, m’kay? But if you’re willing to look past all the destruction they cause, they have a bright, shiny, golden bright side. New research shows that earthquakes can produce gold veins almost instantaneously. Admittedly, you’d have to be pretty greedy and callow to completely look beyond an earthquake’s destructive power and say “Hey, look! Gold!” We’re not here to judge you, so we’ll just explain how the process works.