World Cup 2026. منصة المكسيك الرقمية للإنذار المبكر والإدارة الشاملة للمخاطر (scoop) reported that crowd celebrations after goals by Julian Quiñones and Raul Jiménez caused a “large artificial signal” recorded by a Raspberry Shake seismograph located near the Mexico City stadium.

Its social media accounts reported that “the eruption of ecstasy and mass cheering has shaken up the local area.” وحدثت ظاهرة مماثلة خلال أول مباراة للمكسيك ضد ألمانيا في كأس العالم 2018 في روسيا، عندما أفاد معهد المكسيك للأبحاث الجيولوجية والغلاف الجوي أنه بعد هدف الفوز الذي سجله هيرفينغ لوزانو،

This phenomenon can occur thousands of miles away from the venue of the matches: geophysicists discovered an earthquake in the city of Bergen, Norway, when…

Something similar happened in 2024, when a Taylor Swift concert at SoFi Stadium in Los Angeles generated long-duration, low-frequency signals — with a peak harmonic frequency between 1 and 10 Hz — that were detected by seismic sensors.

research The Department of Geosciences at Durham University defines them as “human-induced earthquakes”, caused by activities capable of changing the Earth’s geological behavior, such as the construction of high-rise buildings, groundwater extraction, tunneling, enhanced oil recovery, hydraulic fracturing, or underground gas storage.

Under this definition, the vibrations detected by SASSLA systems after the Mexican team’s goals cannot be considered an “artificial earthquake.” Experts explain that for a ground movement to be classified as an earthquake, it must be linked to a geological process. The mere fact that a seismograph records a disturbance does not mean that it can be classified as an earthquake.

Arturo Iglesias, researcher at the Institute of Geophysics at the National Autonomous University of Mexico, He explained For several years, although human activity generates movements that can be recorded by seismometers, this does not mean that they are actual geological phenomena that can be measured using seismic magnitudes or cause changes in the Earth’s interior.

وأضاف إيغليسياس أن أنظمة الرصد الزلزالي قادرة على اكتشاف الحركات الدقيقة في الأرض، سواء كانت ذات أصل طبيعي أو ناتجة عن الأنشطة البشرية. He also pointed out that its readings could be affected by factors such as the location of the stations, the characteristics of the terrain, or the intensity of some activities taking place on the surface.