During the two nights of singing and dancing at the Taylor Swift concert in Seattle on July 15th and 16th, seismologists detected the “Swifties”, had created seismic activity equal to that of a 2.3 magnitude earthquake.
The dubbed “Swift Quake” has been compared to the “Beast Quake” in 2011. The “Beast Quake” happened due to the roaring of Seattle Seahawks fans in celebration of a last-minute touchdown.
Mousa Reusch, a seismologist at the Pacific Northwest Seismic Network, said, “It’s certainly the biggest concert we’ve had in a while.”
According to the seimologists, the “Swift Quake” possibly occurred due to the combination of the show’s music, plus the dancing of the “Swifties”.
Taylor Swift is currently on her four-month Eras tour, a 52-date completely sold out national tour, which features songs across her 10-album career. Her first concert in Arizona in March had 70,000 goers, with secondhand tickets selling for as much as $20,000.
The seismometer recorded two times when the back-to-back shows peaked, first around 8:30 pm, the second around 10 pm. It’s unclear which specific song caused the seismometer to peak, could have been “Love Story”, “Bad Blood”, or “Anti-Hero,”— just a short list of songs that could’ve made the “Swifties” dance so hard.
It is important to note that, even though the concert did shake the ground very hard, the seisometer is very sensitive to “anything that shakes the ground,” including cars or even wind.
The “Swift Quake” wasn’t unexpected, the ground shook as well when the seisometer recorded the signals from The Weeknd’s concert at Lumen Field. However, the shaking in that instance was not as strong as Taylor Swift’s.
On September 14th, Beyoncé will be having her concert in downtown Seattle as well, and she said she would look out for the ground shaking as well, stating, “I’ll be looking at that for sure.
The dubbed “Swift Quake” has been compared to the “Beast Quake” in 2011. The “Beast Quake” happened due to the roaring of Seattle Seahawks fans in celebration of a last-minute touchdown.
Mousa Reusch, a seismologist at the Pacific Northwest Seismic Network, said, “It’s certainly the biggest concert we’ve had in a while.”
According to the seimologists, the “Swift Quake” possibly occurred due to the combination of the show’s music, plus the dancing of the “Swifties”.
Taylor Swift is currently on her four-month Eras tour, a 52-date completely sold out national tour, which features songs across her 10-album career. Her first concert in Arizona in March had 70,000 goers, with secondhand tickets selling for as much as $20,000.
The seismometer recorded two times when the back-to-back shows peaked, first around 8:30 pm, the second around 10 pm. It’s unclear which specific song caused the seismometer to peak, could have been “Love Story”, “Bad Blood”, or “Anti-Hero,”— just a short list of songs that could’ve made the “Swifties” dance so hard.
It is important to note that, even though the concert did shake the ground very hard, the seisometer is very sensitive to “anything that shakes the ground,” including cars or even wind.
The “Swift Quake” wasn’t unexpected, the ground shook as well when the seisometer recorded the signals from The Weeknd’s concert at Lumen Field. However, the shaking in that instance was not as strong as Taylor Swift’s.
On September 14th, Beyoncé will be having her concert in downtown Seattle as well, and she said she would look out for the ground shaking as well, stating, “I’ll be looking at that for sure.