‘Shake It Off!’: Taylor Swift crowd causes seismic activity at Edinburgh Eras tour stops

Taylor Swift fans literally stirred the ground and caused seismic activity measurements during her shows for her popular Eras Tour in Edinburgh last weekend.

Seismologists at the British Geological Study reported that the pop superstar is staying in Scotland for three nights – which records broken at Murrayfield Stadium – led to “earthquake readings” recorded up to 4 miles away from the concerts.

BGS also found that the seismic activity, which was picked up at monitoring stations around the city, seemed especially noticeable when Swift played three songs: “…Ready For It?”, “Cruel Summer” and “Champagne Problems.”

The singer’s June 7 show led to the “most energetic” night, according to the BGS measurement of maximum movement amplitude (or the distance the ground moves). Dancing to “…Ready?” saw fans putting out about 80 kW of power (or between 10 and 16 car batteries).

“Although the events were detected by sensitive scientific instruments designed to identify even the smallest seismic activity many kilometers away, the vibrations generated by the concert were unlikely to be felt by anyone other than those in the immediate vicinity,” according to the BGS report. .

Swift’s shows reportedly sparked seismic activity at other locations during the “Eras” tour, which will be completed in December.

Jackie Caplan-Auerbach, professor of geology at Western Washington University, marked a “Swift Quake” in July due to seismic activity equivalent to a magnitude 2.3 earthquake caused by two shows at Lumen Field in Seattle.

Her shows also last year at SoFi Stadium in Los Angeles, California recorded earthquake-like signalsAccording to researchers at the California Institute of Technology, most of her energy comes from her performances of “Shake It Off.”