Swifties have taken their love for pop superstar Taylor Swift to another level — literally shaking the Earth beneath them with their passion.
July 28, 2023 / 10:18 PMconcerts at Seattle's Lumen Field on July 22 and 23, Swift and her fans managed to make enough noise and movement to actually rock the ground beneath them for four straight hours, causing a"Swift Quake," according to Jackie Caplan-Auerbach, a geology professor at Western Washington University.
In 2011, during an NFL playoff game between the Seattle Seahawks and the New Orleans Saints at what was then called Qwest Field, running back Marshawn Lynch, nicknamed"Beast Mode,"the Saints defense to score a critical game-clinching touchdown for the Seahawks, driving the crowd wild. The crowd's response was so robust, it shook the ground and registered on the nearby seismometer, earning the name"Beast Quake.
"The actual amount that the ground shook at its strongest was about twice as big during what I refer to as the Beast Quake ," she explained."It also, of course, lasted for hours. The original Beast Quake was a celebration on the part of some very excited fans that lasted maybe 30 seconds." "The more we know about that, the better we can design buildings to be resilient in case of earthquakes," she added.
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