Taylor Swift and her fans have broken another record — this time of seismic proportions. During Swift's two-night Eras Tour stop at Seattle's Lumen Field last weekend, a geology professor from Western Washington University calculated that the concerts "caused seismic activity equivalent of a 2.3 magnitude earthquake."
Jackie Caplan-Auerbach told CNN that she decided to look into the "Swift Quake" after she saw comparisons to the "Beast Quake" in a Pacific Northwest Facebook group. The "Beast Quake" refers to a 2011 seismic event that occurred after Seahawks running back Marshawn Lynch scored a critical touchdown during a playoff game. Caplan-Auerbach found that the magnitude of Swift's performances was .3 higher on the Richter scale than the "Beast Quake," and the shaking was "twice as strong." There were 72,171 fans in attendance at her Saturday show, shattering yet another venue record, according to The Guardian.
