Slashdot Mirror


Fake Earthquake Detected In Mexico City After Player's Goal In World Cup Match (abc7.com)

According to officials in Mexico, an artificial earthquake was reported in Mexico City that was possibly caused by "massive jumps during the goal from the Mexico national soccer team" on Sunday. KABC reports: Hirving Lozano scored the lone goal in the 35th minute, picking up Javier Hernandez's pass inside the penalty area and beating Mesut Ozil before shooting past Germany goalkeeper Manuel Neuer from 10 yards. The goal decided the match -- a match Germany didn't expect to lose. Mexico upset Germany, the defending champion, 1-0. The loss meant Germany became the third defending champion in the last 16 years to lose its opening match at the World Cup. "Two monitoring stations in Mexico City picked up the temblor the same time Lozano scored, 35 minutes into the match," reports USA Today. "Seismologists in Chile also said that their instruments detected an artificial temblor at the same time."

3 of 213 comments (clear)

  1. What If (XKCD) did it by Eloking · · Score: 4, Informative

    It was similar to one of the question sent to XKCD : "What would happen if everyone on earth stood as close to each other as they could and jumped, everyone landing on the ground at the same instant?"

    https://what-if.xkcd.com/8/

    --
    Elok
  2. Re:It's a good thing by hcs_$reboot · · Score: 4, Informative

    soccer is almost as boring as hockey to watch on television

    10 times less boring than baseball!

    --
    Slashdot, fix the reply notifications... You won't get away with it...
  3. Re:One language please by BoogieChile · · Score: 4, Informative

    Somebody with a better grasp of English that you, apparently