Taylor Swift Fans Really Caused a 2.3 Magnitude 'Quake' During Eras Tour Concert
Taylor Swift fans can't help it—they just can't calm down when attending The Eras Tour.
Swifties are apparently having such a good time dancing their hearts out at the pop star's concerts that they're actually causing some seismic activity, according to one researcher's findings.
Seismologist Jackie Caplan-Auerbach believes that the recent Eras Tour dates at Seattle's Lumen Field caused what have been dubbed as "Swift Quakes" to occur on July 22 and 23, after the venue saw record attendance on Saturday, per CNN.
According to Caplan-Auerbach, a geology professor at Western Washington University, Swifties' dance activity caused seismic activity "equivalent of a 2.3 magnitude earthquake" over the weekend.
"I grabbed the data from both nights of the concert and quickly noticed they were clearly the same pattern of signals," she explained to the outlet. "If I overlay them on top of each other, they're nearly identical."
The Swift Quake is being compared to similar activity that occurred back in 2011 when Seattle Seahawk fans went crazy over Marshawn "Beast Mode" Lynch's unbelievable touchdown during the NFC Wild Card game against the New Orleans Saints.
The incident—now referred to as the "Beast Quake"—was topped by the Swiftie's activity, though, as Caplan-Auerbach says the Eras Tour shaking was "twice as strong as 'Beast Quake.'"
"It absolutely doubled it," she noted.
"The primary difference is the duration of shaking," Caplan-Auerbach told CNN. "Cheering after a touchdown lasts for a couple seconds, but eventually it dies down. It's much more random than a concert. For 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."
I guess we can't blame the Swifties as they're just doing their best to shake, shake, shake, shake shake.
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