Taylor Swift's Concerts Generate Record-Breaking Seismic Activity
Fans' enthusiasm at Taylor Swift's 'Eras' tour concerts has led to seismic tremors, outperforming those caused by other artists' events.
- Taylor Swift fans, known as Swifties, caused a seismic activity equivalent to a 2.3-magnitude earthquake at a concert in Seattle, setting a stadium record.
- Travis Scott's concert in Rome and Garth Brooks' performance in Louisiana also triggered notable seismic events, but Swift's fans generated the highest magnitude.
- Research by the Seismological Society of America and Caltech found that the harmonic tremor at Swift's concerts is likely due to fans' dancing and jumping.
- Swift's 'Shake It Off' produced the strongest tremor, equivalent to a magnitude 2 earthquake, during her Los Angeles concert.
- Taylor Swift awarded a World Record for greatest seismic activity caused by a music concert, with AC/DC receiving an honorable mention for volume.