Taylor Swift’s Dublin gigs sparked seismic activity in Wexford
Researchers at the Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies (DIAS) have found that Taylor Swift triggered seismic activity as far away as Wexford during the three nights of her Eras Tour at Dublin’s Aviva Stadium.
The 50,000-strong Friday night crowd made the most noise with particular impact coming as fans danced to ‘Love Story’.
Eleanor Dunn, PhD candidate at DIAS, is lead researcher on the Swift Quake programme which has deployed the highest number of seismometers (21) for a purpose-made Eras Tour seismic study.
The concert was well detected by a seismometer at an Irish National Seismic Network (INSN) station approximately 14km away from the Aviva Stadium in the Dublin mountains.
Additionally, the song ‘Shake It Off’ was identifiable on another INSN seismometer more than 100km away in Wexford, with the observed frequency (2.66Hz) matching with the song’s beats per minute (BPM) of 160.
Analysis from instruments at DIAS on Burlington Road indicated that the first night of…
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