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Earth_First

(14,910 posts)
Tue Dec 3, 2013, 07:48 AM Dec 2013

Rowdy Seattle fans register as earthquake

(CNN) - There's no need to tell football fans in Seattle to take it up a notch. They're doing just fine, thank you.

After setting a Guinness World Record for noise at an outdoor stadium in September, CenturyLink Field went seismic during Monday Night Football, registering as an earthquake at a recording station about a block from the stadium.

In the magnitude 1-to-2 range, according to John Vidale, a professor at the University of Washington and the director of the Pacific Northwest Seismic Network.

Vidale said his staff recorded five separate seismic events during Seattle's 34-7 pasting of New Orleans -- a match-up of two of the NFL's top teams.

The most intense episode came late in the first quarter, when Seahawks defensive lineman Michael Bennett returned a Saints fumble 22 yards for a touchdown.

http://www.cnn.com/2013/12/03/us/seattle-seahawks-earthquake/

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Rowdy Seattle fans register as earthquake (Original Post) Earth_First Dec 2013 OP
This message was self-deleted by its author Earth_First Dec 2013 #1
Ha, they didn't even register the earthquake that occurred... countryjake Dec 2013 #2
And guess where the 'Roidhawks are going this week? KamaAina Dec 2013 #3
It still makes me nervous that they might trigger something... countryjake Dec 2013 #4

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countryjake

(8,554 posts)
2. Ha, they didn't even register the earthquake that occurred...
Tue Dec 3, 2013, 06:29 PM
Dec 2013

about 80 miles north, when one innocent fan tried rooting for the Saints amongst frantic Hawk watchers.

 

KamaAina

(78,249 posts)
3. And guess where the 'Roidhawks are going this week?
Tue Dec 3, 2013, 06:31 PM
Dec 2013

San Francisco.

Fortunately the 'Stick is several miles from the San Andreas Fault.

countryjake

(8,554 posts)
4. It still makes me nervous that they might trigger something...
Tue Dec 3, 2013, 07:22 PM
Dec 2013

no matter how far away Candlestick is from a Fault. I'll never understand why some people take pride in being noisy "beasts".

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