At a Taylor Swift concert in Seattle on July 22 and 23, the combination of her fans dancing and the music shook the ground so hard that a nearby seismograph estimated it to have the same magnitude as a 2.3 earthquake measured on the Richter Scale.
“It’s certainly the biggest concert we’ve had in a while,” said Mouse Reusch, a seismologist at the Pacific Northwest Seismic Network, which monitors earthquake activity in the Pacific Northwest. “We’re talking about 70,000 people and all the music and paraphernalia associated with the concert.” The quake was called the “Swift Quake” and recorded a maximum ground acceleration of about 0.011 meters per second squared, said Jackie Caplan-Auerbach, a seismologist at Western Washington University.
In 2011, an earthquake caused by similar reasons was named the “Beast Quake”. The magnitude of the “Swift Quake” was quite the comparison to the pro football “Beast Quake” of 2011. The “Beast Quake” was caused by fans roaring as Marshawn Lynch scored a last-minute touchdown which won the Seattle Seahawks the game. The quake in 2011 was almost a 2.0 while the “Swift Quake was 2.3.
The tremor was probably caused by the combination of the loud music which caused the equipment to vibrate on top of the fans cheering and dancing with the beat. There were two peaks of the quake, at 8:30 P.M. and at 10:30 P.M.
“It’s certainly the biggest concert we’ve had in a while,” said Mouse Reusch, a seismologist at the Pacific Northwest Seismic Network, which monitors earthquake activity in the Pacific Northwest. “We’re talking about 70,000 people and all the music and paraphernalia associated with the concert.” The quake was called the “Swift Quake” and recorded a maximum ground acceleration of about 0.011 meters per second squared, said Jackie Caplan-Auerbach, a seismologist at Western Washington University.
In 2011, an earthquake caused by similar reasons was named the “Beast Quake”. The magnitude of the “Swift Quake” was quite the comparison to the pro football “Beast Quake” of 2011. The “Beast Quake” was caused by fans roaring as Marshawn Lynch scored a last-minute touchdown which won the Seattle Seahawks the game. The quake in 2011 was almost a 2.0 while the “Swift Quake was 2.3.
The tremor was probably caused by the combination of the loud music which caused the equipment to vibrate on top of the fans cheering and dancing with the beat. There were two peaks of the quake, at 8:30 P.M. and at 10:30 P.M.
