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Earthquake Caused by American Football Game

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  • 09-12-2013 4:20am
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    Black Swan
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    A magnitude 1-to-2 range seismic event occurred 2 December 2013 as the result of 68,338 football fans yelling, jumping, and pounding during an American football game between the Seattle Seahawks and Saints, in Seattle, Washington, USA.

    Human geography and behaviour have evidenced seismic events in the past as associated with nuclear weapons testing, wars, etc., and the sports entertainment dimension representing yet another.


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    RobbingBandit
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    Localized butterfly effect.


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    Black Swan
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    RobbingBandit wrote: »
    Localized butterfly effect.
    MIT Professor Edward Lorenz suggested "small changes can have large consequences," and in this case a consequence that was "Localized."


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    RobbingBandit
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    There is a fault line near where it happened so that may explain it, scary to think if something similar happened in Brazil next year at the world cup, different type of fault line in the two areas though.


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    dobman88
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    I was watching that game on tv and they were trying to break the Guinness World Record for loudest outdoor stadium. It was crazy watching it, the commentator nearly had to scream to hear him. If it did cause a little earthquake, I find it fascinating. What a world we live in!


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    Black Swan
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    dobman88 wrote: »
    I was watching that game on tv and they were trying to break the Guinness World Record for loudest outdoor stadium.
    Reported to be at 137.6 decibels.


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