The pronunciation may be a little different, but the only thing Scottish Swifties have in common with their American brothers and sisters is that they make the earth move under their feet. The British Geological Survey reported this week that seismometers around Edinburgh were activated after fans in Taylor SwiftThe three Scottish Gas Murrayfield Stadium shows (June 7-9) last weekend recorded earthquake readings up to four miles from the venue.
“BGS monitoring stations around Edinburgh recorded seismic activity generated by the concerts,” read a post from the country's national earthquake monitoring service. “Each of the three nights followed a similar seismographic pattern, with '…Ready For It?' “Hard summer” and “champagne problems” result in the most significant seismic activity every night.
A closer analysis of the seismograph data found that the most enthusiastic dancing took place on Friday night, although the BGS noted that “crowds each night generated their own significant readings”. Not to worry, the scientists noted: “While the events were detected by sensitive scientific instruments designed to detect even the slightest seismic activity many kilometers away, the tremors caused by the concert were unlikely to be felt by anyone else. immediate vicinity.”'
Some relevant data points from BGS:
- The activity was mainly caused by fans dancing in time to the music and peaked at 160 beats per minute (bpm) during “Ready For It?”, where the crowd transmitted about 80 kW of power (equivalent to about 10 to 16 car batteries).
- Based on maximum amplitude of motion (the distance the ground moves), Friday night's event was the most energetic by a narrow margin, recording 23.4 nanometers (nm) of motion, compared to 22.8 nm and 23.3 nm in Saturday and Sunday respectively.
- The BGS's national network of monitoring stations recorded up to 300 natural earthquakes each year in the UK, with only 30 large enough to be felt by humans. “Induced seismic events”, caused by human activity, such as sonic booms, are also recorded.
The Scottish vibes follow on from previous seis-Swift events in Seattle last July and Los Angeles two months later. Friday's earth-shattering show in Edinburgh also broke an attendance record in Scotland, drawing more than 73,000, with the Saturday and Sunday night shows respectively ramping up the interest. The third concert set another all-time high, with Swift telling the crowd: “It was shockingly amazing in Edinburgh because every night I'd go on stage and they'd pull me aside and say, 'You know this crowd smashed everything. all-Scotland stadium attendance record ever.” The singer said the three shows attracted a total of 220,000 fans.
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