Mexican World Cup Fans Celebrated So Hard They Might’ve Caused An Earthquake

In case you needed any more proof that the World Cup owns harder than any other sporting event on the planet, here’s this: Fans in Mexico going absolutely psycho after their upset victory over Cup fancies Germany last night celebrated so hard that it would appear they caused an actual earthquake.

Upstarts Mexico landed a huge blow to the World Cup chances of Germany overnight, scoring a 1-0 on the back of a striker Hirving Lozano‘s game-breaking goal in the 35th minute.

At that exact time, halfway around the world in Mexico City, the goal caused such fervent celebration that it seems to have caused the ground to shake.

Seismologists at Mexico’s official earthquake authority reported ground movements on at least two sensors inside Mexico City at the exact time of the goal, recording an acceleration reading of 37m/second squared. Not huge by any stretch of the imagination, but enough to set off sensitive earthquake monitors situated nearby.

These events are not uncommon and are called “artificial earthquakes,” due to the fact that they do no damage to the surface or its inhabitants, and can’t be measured on the standard richter scale.

So there’s one of the direct consequences of Mexico causing a boilover against Germany.

As for the cause of it, you could probably look for days without definitive answer. But there’s absolutely a strong case for it being this adorable abuela blessing the good hermanos pre-game.

https://twitter.com/paolaa_janet/status/1008468354938605574

Try losing after that. A Mexico win is practically Biblical.

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