{"id":306688,"date":"2025-11-22T07:48:11","date_gmt":"2025-11-22T07:48:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/306688\/"},"modified":"2025-11-22T07:48:11","modified_gmt":"2025-11-22T07:48:11","slug":"scotland-fans-shook-the-earth-in-win-over-denmark","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/306688\/","title":{"rendered":"Scotland fans shook the earth in win over Denmark"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/1762860728_325_grey-placeholder.png\" class=\"sc-5340b511-0 gUePlo hide-when-no-script\" aria-label=\"image unavailable\"\/><img decoding=\"async\"   src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/81bf6cc0-c6e2-11f0-8d86-c55506b8d0f2.jpg.webp.webp\" loading=\"eager\" alt=\"SNS Dozens of Scotland fans celebrating at the final whistle at Hampden. They have scarves and banners.\" class=\"sc-5340b511-0 hLdNfA\"\/>SNS<\/p>\n<p>Scotland fans shook the earth after Kenny McLean scored the fourth goal against Denmark<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 eZyhnA\">The Tartan Army shook the earth as they celebrated Scotland&#8217;s men qualifying for a first World Cup in 28 years.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 eZyhnA\">The British Geological Survey (BGS) recorded the equivalent to an &#8220;extremely small earthquake&#8221; after Kenny McLean lobbed Denmark goalkeeper Kasper Schmeichel to secure a 4-2 win.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 eZyhnA\">A second significant amount of seismic activity came moments later when the final whistle sounded on Wednesday night.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 eZyhnA\">Readings were recorded at the BGS station at Glasgow Geothermal Observatory in Dalmarnock \u2013 about 2km (1.2 miles) from Hampden Park.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 eZyhnA\">A small surge was also detected around the time Kieran Tierney curled in Scotland&#8217;s third, three minutes into injury time.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 eZyhnA\">However, the BGS said the main peak of activity came between 21:48 and 21:50 \u2013 right as <a target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/sport\/football\/live\/ce8glxdnx9wt?page=2\" class=\"sc-f9178328-0 iCaRzc\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">McLean scored from the halfway line<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/1762860728_325_grey-placeholder.png\" class=\"sc-5340b511-0 gUePlo hide-when-no-script\" aria-label=\"image unavailable\"\/><img decoding=\"async\"   src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/a4027b60-c6e2-11f0-8d86-c55506b8d0f2.jpg.webp.webp\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"British Geological Survey A BGS graph showing seismic activity at Hampden\" class=\"sc-5340b511-0 hLdNfA\"\/>British Geological Survey<\/p>\n<p>The BGS recorded surges of seismic activity after the fourth goal and again after the final whistle<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 eZyhnA\">An official attendance of 49,587 was recorded at the game.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 eZyhnA\">The BGS said the activity registered between magnitude -1 and zero on the Richter Scale and produced the equivalent of 200kW of power, enough to power between 25 and 40 car batteries.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 eZyhnA\">It is also the same as blasting a football at about 900 m\/s (2,013 mph).<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 eZyhnA\">That is about 15 times faster than the fastest a ball has ever been struck, thought to be about 131.2 mph (58 m\/s) by the Brazilian defender Ronny Heberson in Sporting Club de Portugal&#8217;s win over Naval in 2007.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/1762860728_325_grey-placeholder.png\" class=\"sc-5340b511-0 gUePlo hide-when-no-script\" aria-label=\"image unavailable\"\/><img decoding=\"async\"   src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/d26a8470-c6e2-11f0-8d86-c55506b8d0f2.jpg.webp.webp\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"SNS Scotland players wearing dark blue shirts celebrating with Kenny McLean during Scotland's win over Denmark.\" class=\"sc-5340b511-0 hLdNfA\"\/>SNS<\/p>\n<p>Scotland players celebrate with Kenny McLean after the final goal of the 4-2 win<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 eZyhnA\">Taylor Swift fans were also <a target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/articles\/crgg81939g2o\" class=\"sc-f9178328-0 iCaRzc\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">recorded as making the earth move<\/a> during last summer&#8217;s trio of concerts at Murrayfield Stadium in Edinburgh.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 eZyhnA\">But the BGS said it was unable to directly compare the two events due to &#8220;different site conditions&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 eZyhnA\">The BGS said about 300 naturally occurring earthquakes happen in the UK every year, but only about 30 are of significant power to be felt by people.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 eZyhnA\">A 3.3 magnitude earthquake was <a target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/articles\/c6206n65zz3o\" class=\"sc-f9178328-0 iCaRzc\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">felt in homes across Perthshire<\/a> last month.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"SNS Scotland fans shook the earth after Kenny McLean scored the fourth goal against Denmark The Tartan 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