Fans at Taylor Swift’s Scotland concerts last weekend danced so hard they set off earthquake monitors, according to the British Geological Survey (BGS).
Seismic activity was recorded up to six kilometres away during the three gigs last Friday, Saturday and Sunday at Edinburgh’s Murrayfield stadium, with some of her biggest songs causing spikes in activity every night.
The BGS is the UK’s national earthquake monitoring agency and operates a network of monitoring stations around the country.
Each night followed a similar pattern of ground shaking, with the most intense seismic activity registered during Swift’s performances of “Cruel Summer” and “Ready for it?”.
Swifties attending her first Edinburgh performance took the crown, as the BGS said the most “enthusiastic dancing” happened on Friday night.
During this performance, the ground shifted by almost 24 nanometres.
Two monitoring stations were able to detect the ground shaking, including the Lyell Centre – the BGS office located six kilometres from the stadium. (ITV News/Sky News)