Taylor Swift’s Concert Caused Seismic Activity in Seattle

Taylor Swift’s fans have literally experienced ‘Shake It Off’ in her Seattle concert. The Western Washington University seismologist Jackie Caplan-Auerbach has said that the seismic activity is equal to a 2.3 magnitude earthquake. Currently, this incident is being referred to as the ‘Swift quake’ by the Swifties.

The seismologist has said to the media that ‘I grabbed 10 hours of data, from when doors opened to well after I thought the audience had gone home, and I just plotted them out to see how did the ground shake’. She has also stated that Taylor Swift’s ‘Era’ concert has experienced a situation like the ‘Beast quake’ of 2011. She has also added ‘I don’t really want to get into a snickering match between Seahawks fans and Swifties, but I will say Swifties have it in the bag…This was much bigger than the Beast Quake in terms of the raw amplitude of shaking, and it went on for a whole lot longer, of course’.

After this incident, many seismologists have said this is a ‘quite common’ thing to happen when a large number of people are coming to a place and creating a vibration. In places like music concerts, due to the dancing, it can cause these things. Professor James Hammond has also added ‘A 2.3-magnitude earthquake is quite small though, so I expect it would only be felt quite close to the concert…relatively small amount of energy released’. But he has also confirmed that this kind of earthquake cannot cause any serious problems or damage to the earth.

He has also said, this kind of thing often happens in sports matches and music concerts. It only happens when a huge number of audiences come together in one place and create a vibration, only then it could happen. Jackie Caplan-Auerbach has said ‘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’.

In this case, Taylor hasn’t spoken yet, but she has admitted ‘Seattle that was genuinely one of my favorite weekends ever…Thank you for everything. All the cheering, screaming, jumping, dancing, singing at the top of your lungs’. In the coming September, there would be a show of Beyoncé, which the seismologist is recommending to reduce the number of audience.

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