Taylor Swift fans at her Eras Tour gigs in the Aviva Stadium generated seismic activity as far away as Wexford.
On the first night, her hit 'Shake it off' triggered a sensor in the south east, over 100 kilometres away from the concert itself.
Researchers at the Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies deployed a large number of devices to track the concerts.
'Love Story' generated the highest seismic waves of each night.
Seismic activity is a vibration generated by an earthquake, explosion, or similar energetic source that travels within the Earth or along its surface. Seismometers were placed outside the Aviva Stadium to measure seismic activity generated during the concerts.
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Eleanor Dunn, lead researcher says: "My goal for this research is to create a greater understanding of seismic activity. The engagement with fans has been great so far with lots of people sharing their concert videos with us.
"The videos help us to enhance our understanding of the seismic impact of each concert and the research data has revealed some fascinating insights into the energy generated by Swifties. It’s important to note the movement generated by the concert was unlikely to have been felt by anyone other than those in the immediate vicinity.
"Fans took Swift’s encouragement to ‘Shake It Off’ to a new level with it being detectable over 100km away in Wexford! It’s amazing that we’ve been able to measure the reaction of thousands of Swifties through our data.
"The opportunity to explore a seismic activity created by a different kind of phenomenon has been really interesting and shows how seismicity happens every day without us knowing.
"We’re still working on analysing data from the concert and we’d love if fans could continue to send us their videos from each night of the concert via our social media channels and website."
