Scotland not only secured a place at the World Cup after a spectacular 4-2 victory over Denmark, but also shook the earth – literally.
Britain’s national seismic monitoring agency, the British Geological Survey (BGS), has confirmed that the fans’ celebrations caused tremors registered as an “extremely small earthquake”.
The moment that ignited everything was Kenny McLean’s super goal in extra time, when he beat Kasper Schmeichel with a shot from half-time.
The BGS recorded a seismic blast that was described as a tremor measuring -1 to 0 on the Richter scale. Equally powerful was the celebration at the final whistle of the match.
Experts said both energy waves produced about 200 kW of power – equivalent to 25-40 car batteries or a soccer ball traveling at 900 meters per second.
Another small seismic point was registered at the moment of Scotland’s third goal, when Kieran Tierney scored in the 93rd minute.
A crowd of 49,087 fans turned out at Hampden Park on a historic night that saw Scotland top Group C and secure their first World Cup qualification since 1998, joining England in the 2026 tournament.
The BGS announced that the tremors were recorded by a seismic station just 2 kilometers from the stadium, at the Glasgow Geothermal Observatory in Dalmarnock.
Meanwhile, just a few hours earlier, Scotland experienced another real earthquake: a 2.5 magnitude tremor hit the Pubil area in Perth and Kinross, while on Monday another 3.3 magnitude earthquake was recorded in the same region.
Around 300 natural earthquakes are recorded in Britain each year, but only 30 of them are strong enough to be felt by people.
This time, the strongest tremors were caused by the fans – and Scotland is looking forward to shaking the World Cup stadiums too.Telegraph/