Taylor Swift fans cause 2.3 earthquake in Seattle with tremors of excitement

Move over Richter scale, we've got the "Swift Quake" scale now!

Brace yourselves for the seismic sensation that took Seattle by storm at the "Eras" tour concert in Lumen Field on July 22-23.

Swifties brought the house down with two nights of groundbreaking (quite literally) dancing that sent shockwaves rippling through the ground.

These hyper-enthusiastic fans had the seismologist Jackie Caplan-Auerbach's instruments going haywire, registering a mind-boggling 2.3 magnitude earthquake.

Shaking it off for real for real

The Swift Quake is being compared to the legendary "Beast Quake" of 2011 when the Seattle Seahawks fans went absolutely bonkers over a touchdown by none other than the football marvel, Marshawn "Beast Mode" Lynch.

Dr's Note

Dr Caplan-Auerbach, the geology professor by day and the earthquake detective by night, stumbled upon the seismic superstar comparison while casually browsing the Pacific Northwest earthquake group on Facebook.

Who knew geology could have such an exciting online community?

"The figure with blue wiggles is the waveforms, which is just an indication of how hard the ground was shaking, as detected by the seismometer.
The red line is when doors allegedly opened (4:30 p.m.), and the green line is when the concert was supposed to start, per the Eras Tour webpage (6:30 p.m.)," she mentioned in the post.

She was amazed by noticing the similarities between the seismic signals from both nights of Taylor's "Eras" tour concert.

"I grabbed the data from both nights of the concert and quickly noticed they were clearly the same pattern of signals," she said, adding, "If I overlay them on top of each other, they're nearly identical," reported CNN.

The only difference between the two nights of Taylor's sonic spectacle was the sneaky inclusion of some surprise songs on the second night, a classic move by the queen of surprises herself.

And of course, in the world of seismic science, every little detail matters.

Dr. Caplan-Auerbach discovered a minor time delay of approximately 26 minutes during the July 23 show.

The "Swift Quake" rocked the Richter scale with a mind-blowing intensity, absolutely doubling the shaking caused by the legendary "Beast Quake."

"For Taylor Swift, I collected about 10 hours of data where rhythm controlled the behavior. The music, the speakers, the beat. All that energy can drive into the ground and shake it."

 

As Taylor Swift's "Eras" tour in Seattle approaches its conclusion, the singer's first tour in five years has already left a trail of remarkable achievements. She's been praised for boosting local economies and even setting a new attendance record in Pittsburgh, among other notable accomplishments.

The "Eras" tour is now headed to Santa Clara in Northern California, with a show scheduled for Friday, July 28. The tour continues with six more shows in Los Angeles next month, making for a spectacular finale to her US tour run.

Taylor's global journey is just about to begin, as she'll be taking her mesmerizing "Eras" tour to Mexico City on August 24.