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

Posted by BeauHD on from the goal-goal-goal dept.

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."

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  1. How is it 'fake'? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Interesting

    How the hell is it a 'fake' earthquake if the measurement devices detected the motion being transmitted through the ground? The earth clearly moved in some way, so it's an earthquake. It doesn't matter if it's shifting tectonic plates, or mining activities, or jumping soccer fans that cause the movement. Movement of the earth is an earthquake.

  2. Re:Why fly the flags of the shitholes they left? by PopeRatzo · · Score: 2, Interesting

    During the World Cup, why do so many immigrants to the US fly the flag of the shithole country that they left?

    During NASCAR events, why do so many crackers fly the battle flag of the shithole country that lost the Civil War?

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  3. Re:Fake Headlines by chispito · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Anyhow, it's just a man-made seismic event. And it's not like this hasn't been happening for a very long time. I recall various local sports events triggering nearby seismometers, which seems to be a favorite story in local news. These instruments are incredibly sensitive, and will pick up stadium crowds, construction, excavation blasts, and of course, underground nuclear tests.

    Good for Mexico, I guess, but not sure why this is notable for Slashdot.

    Those are all events that are localized. This is apparently just... people all over the place in Mexico City, watching on TV. Much different.

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