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malaise

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Sun Jun 17, 2018, 05:53 PM Jun 2018

Mexican Fans made the ground shake triggering an artificial earthquake

https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/soccer/2018/06/17/world-cup-fans-mexico-city-may-have-caused-earthquake/708783002/
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Hirving Lozano scoring the lone goal in Mexico's 1-0 victory over reigning World Cup champion Germany appears to have led to an artificial earthquake in Mexico City on Sunday.

Two monitoring stations in Mexico City picked up the temblor the same time Lozano scored, 35 minutes into the match. Seismologists in Chile also said that their instruments detected an artificial temblor at the same time.

John E. Vidale, director of the Southern California Earthquake Center, told USA TODAY Sports that at most such fan-induced earthquakes would generate a 2 on the Richter Scale, which would go unnoticed by the public if it were a typical quake.

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Mexican Fans made the ground shake triggering an artificial earthquake (Original Post) malaise Jun 2018 OP
I could feel it in upstate NY.. pangaia Jun 2018 #1
It was truly sweet malaise Jun 2018 #2
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