CELEBRITYUnbelievable : Taylor Swift fans caused an EARTHQUAKE by dancing so hard in Edinburgh during the star’s Eras Tour…

Taylor Swift might have said she would Shake It Off, but no one could have expected she meant it so literally.

Taylor Swift fans caused an EARTHQUAKE by dancing so hard in Edinburgh during the star’s Eras Tour…Published 8 mins ago on June 14, 2024By Amelia Gonzalez
Unbelievable : Taylor Swift fans caused an EARTHQUAKE by dancing so hard in Edinburgh during the star’s Eras Tour…

Taylor Swift might have said she would Shake It Off, but no one could have expected she meant it so literally.

Their synchronised dancing was so enthusiastic that it triggered an earthquake which could be picked up by seismologists more than 3.7 miles (six kilometres) away.

Thanks to Swift’s identical performances each night, scientists have even been able to figure out which songs got the biggest reaction.

And while Shake it Off might have been fitting, it was the 2017 hit Ready For It? which sent the biggest shockwaves through Scotland.

Taylor Swift’s musical vibrations were recorded by researchers from the British Geological Survey (BGS) working at a monitoring centre in Edinburgh.

These experts usually use their sensitive equipment to detect earthquakes, but on Monday the team spotted a different kind of activity in their recordings.
Because Swift’s performances are so precisely choreographed, the data from each of the three nights could be layered together to filter out the background noise of Edinburgh.

What they found was a series of clear spikes showing the exact moments when the fans’ favourite songs started to play.
Callum Harrison, a seismologist for the BGS, says: ‘It’s amazing that we’ve been able to measure the reaction of thousands of concert goers remotely through our data.

‘Clearly Scotland’s reputation for providing some of the most enthusiastic audiences remains well intact!’