Continuation of the Eras tour Taylor Swift, the first in more than five years, in honor of the 17th anniversary of the start of a career. She is one of the most listened to pop singers in the world: she was there a few days ago. first woman to enter with four top ten albums American. But the surprises don’t end there. Among the latest news about his live performances, there is also news regarding some stages of his tour: some concerts really could cause seismic activity equal to an earthquake of magnitude 2.3. on the Richter scale.
It happened in Seattlein Washington state, during concerts on July 22 and 23 in Lumen Field: seismometers recorded vibrations of such strength that they can be compared with a small earthquake. This phenomenon has been named rapid earthquake, as explained by seismologist Jackie Kaplan-Auerbach, who teaches geology at Western Washington University. According to CNNThe scientist compared this phenomenon with Beast Earthquakealso recorded in Seattle in 2011 during a game by the Seahawks, an American football team, although in the case of Taylor Swift concerts, probably due to sound and 70 thousand fans who had gathered to listen to the singer live, the jolts were stronger.
This is not a real earthquake, as he later clarified in a subsequent interview. The newspaper “New York Times Kaplan-Auerbach, who reported that seismometers detect “everything that shakes the earth”, including cars or other vehicles such as, for example, trains. What’s more, Taylor Swift doesn’t seem to be the only artist capable of creating such an effect: fans WeekendSuch a reaction was caused by his performance on August 25, 2022 at the same place, Lumen Field in Seattle.