Fans who flocked to Seattle for Taylor Swift91Ƶs recent back-to-back concerts danced to the popstar91Ƶs music with such gumption that it was recorded on the Richter scale.
At her July 22 and 23 concerts at Lumen Field, the fans 91Ƶ dubbed Swifties 91Ƶ generated a seismic event equivalent to a 2.3 magnitude earthquake.
The Swift concerts beat the last record, dubbed the 91ƵBeast Quake,91Ƶ set back in 2011 when Seahawks fans celebrated a Marshawn Lynch touchdown during a playoff game against the New Orleans Saints.
The difference between the two quakes is only 0.3 on the scale, but the shaking at Swift91Ƶs concert was twice as strong, according to geology professor Jackie Caplan-Auerbach.
91ƵCheering after a touchdown lasts for a couple seconds, but eventually it dies down. It91Ƶs much more random than a concert,.91Ƶ she said. 91ƵFor Taylor Swift, I collected about 10 hours of data where rhythm controlled the behavior. The music, the speakers, the beat. All that energy can drive into the ground and shake it.91Ƶ
Swift acknowledged her fans in an Instagram post, thanking them for 91Ƶall the cheering, screaming, jumping, dancing, and singing at the top of your lungs91Ƶ while she performed.
91ƵThat was genuinely one of my favourite weekends ever.91Ƶ