Leicester's
success on the pitch has been sending shock waves through the city -
with the celebrations of fans being picked up by equipment used to
detect earthquakes.
Supporters
jumping up and down at the King Power Stadium when the Foxes nabbed an
89th-minute winner against Norwich caused a quake with a magnitude of
0.3, researchers have said.
The
team have been the surprise package in the Premier League this season
and are clear at the top by five points with nine games left to play.
A group of
geology students at the University of Leicester placed
earthquake-detecting equipment at a primary school near to the Leicester
ground and said Leonardo Ulloa's last-gasp winner led to a spike in
seismic activity.
Richard
Hoyle, a first-year student from Leeds studying geological science at
the University of Leicester, said: 'A few days after we installed the
equipment at the school and were analysing data collected, we noticed
large peaks on the seismogram during football matches being held in the
stadium nearby.
'A
closer look showed us there was a strong correlation between the exact
time Leicester scored at home and the occurrence of the large seismic
signals.
'We
concluded that our equipment was actually measuring small earthquakes
produced by the sudden energy release by the cheering Leicester fans
celebrating at the moment a goal was scored.'
DailyMail UK
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