Mexicans jumping in excitement yesterday shook the ground hard enough to set off the earthquake detectors after their team scored a surprise victory over World Cup defending champions Germany.
The Institute of Geological and Atmospheric Investigations said highly sensitive earthquake sensors registered tremors at two sites in Mexico City, seven seconds after the game’s 35th minute, when Hirving Lozano scored the wining goal. The institution called the tremors an “artificial” earth quake and stated that it was caused by mass jumping during Mexico’s goal in the World Cup.
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