Cannot ‘Shake it Off’: Study Confirms Taylor Swift Eras Tour Shows Caused an Earthquake

Published 03/18/2024, 3:38 PM EDT

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Soaking in the spotlight from the zenith of her musical career, Taylor Swift has amassed a wealth of success and recognition ever since she embarked upon the Eras Tour in March 2023. Furthermore, at a little more than half of it wrapped up, the shows still have a long way to go before their conclusion. Appearing to be increasing in hype and intensity following the announcement of an incoming album, it turns out that the Swifties never hit a low to begin with.

A recent publication has found direct connections between the singer, her fanbase, and an earthquake in an unexpected amalgam.

Swifties once actually sent the ground trembling

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In August 2023, Taylor Swift took her Eras Tour concerts to the SoFi stadium in Inglewood, California, home to the Los Angeles Rams and Los Angeles Chargers. A whopping turnout of more than 70,000 Swifties on each of the five days of the shows had a direct seismic impact. In Seismological Research Letters, a group of Caltech researchers found that the “dancing and jumping motions” during the shows gave rise to an overall magnitude 2.3 earthquake.

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Interestingly, scientists also found how the tremors ebbed during pauses and how their energy varied during different songs. Confirming that the recorded seismic waves did not come from sound music or reverberations but from Swifties, the publication likened the occurrence to a similar “Swift Quake” in Seattle a month before, again because of the Eras Tours. Additionally, in a fascinating coincidence, the biggest tremor of 0.85 magnitude came during the ‘Shake it Off’ song.

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Anyone who missed the occurrence last year can look forward to another such happening as the tours stay set to return to Los Angeles.

Taylor Swift and the Eras Tour will return to the US before conclusion

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Taylor Swift recently wrapped up six days of Eras Tour shows in Singapore, as she welcomed more than 50,000 attendees daily along fan-crafted art trails and tracks filled with her depictions. Even as the singer spends some off-time along with Travis Kelce in Los Angeles, she will again mark a return with the Eras Tour at Caesar’s Superdome in the city on October 25.

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Currently set for a European leg scheduled to kick-off on May 9, Taylor Swift will bring the Eras Tour to the United States on October 18 in Miami before ending it on December 8 in Vancouver. With months in hand, many stand in luck to witness the music quake once again or for the first time.

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Imteshal Karim

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Imteshal Karim is a Hollywood News reporter at NetflixJunkie. With a penchant for writing in multiple forms, he is a published writer with his works published in anthologies. A star at his college’s writing competitions, he loves telling a good story and hopes to tell impactful ones about the unexplored side of the Entertainment industry.

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