Artificial 'earthquake' detected in Mexico after World Cup goal
Mexico is now the gold standard for fan celebration.
A small artificial earthquake was detected in Mexico City on Sunday after Hirving Lozano scored a goal — the only goal of the game — during Mexico's World Cup matchup against Germany.
According to SIMMSA, which monitors seismic activity in the area, the earthquake was likely caused by "massive jumping" directly after the goal. Hell yeah.
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El #sismo detectado en la Ciudad de México se originó de manera artificial. Posiblemente por saltos masivos durante el Gol de la selección de #México en el mundial. Por lo menos dos sensores dentro de la Ciudad lo detectaron a las 11:32. pic.twitter.com/mACKesab3b
— SIMMSA (@SIMMSAmex) June 17, 2018
This does set quite a precedent, though. Now, if your celebration doesn't cause a geological event, did it actually happen? Maybe not.
there was an artificial earthquake in mexico city caused by the celebration of mexico’s goal and if that doesn’t tell you how passionate mexican fans are then i don’t know what will
— 𝙫𝙞𝙫𝙖 𝙢𝙚́𝙭𝙞𝙘𝙤 🇲🇽 (@jindimpIe) June 17, 2018
Congrats to Mexico on the big surprise win. And congrats to Hirving Lozano on causing an earthquake.
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