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Taylor Swift fans cause 2.3-magnitude ѻýSwift quakeѻý at Seattle concert

Taylor Swift and her fans are breaking a new record ѻý this time for seismic activity

Fans who flocked to Seattle for Taylor Swiftѻýs recent back-to-back concerts danced to the popstarѻýs music with such gumption that it was recorded on the Richter scale.

At her July 22 and 23 concerts at Lumen Field, the fans ѻý dubbed Swifties ѻý generated a seismic event equivalent to a 2.3 magnitude earthquake.

The Swift concerts beat the last record, dubbed the ѻýBeast Quake,ѻý 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 Swiftѻýs concert was twice as strong, according to geology professor Jackie Caplan-Auerbach.

ѻýCheering after a touchdown lasts for a couple seconds, but eventually it dies down. Itѻýs much more random than a concert,.ѻý she said. ѻýFor 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.ѻý

Swift acknowledged her fans in an Instagram post, thanking them for ѻýall the cheering, screaming, jumping, dancing, and singing at the top of your lungsѻý while she performed.

ѻýThat was genuinely one of my favourite weekends ever.ѻý



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