Celebrations to McLean’s jaw-dropping goal picked up by seismic activity monitors at Glasgow Geothermal Observatory
When Scotland qualified for the men’s football World Cup for the first time in 28 years, supporters were propelled into wild celebration – and even made the earth move in the process.
According to the British Geological Survey (BGS), when Kenny McLean scored from the halfway line to seal a breathtaking 4-2 win over Denmark, who are ranked 18 places higher in the world than Scotland, the reaction at the historic Hampden Park were equivalent to a very small earthquake.
The celebrations to McLean’s jaw-dropping goal was picked up by seismic activity monitors at the Glasgow Geothermal Observatory in Dalmarnock, around 2km from Hampden Park, the BGS said.
A reading taken between 21:48 and 21:50 – when McLean’s audacious shot hit the net, shortly followed by the final whistle – was measured as a surge of between -1 and zero on the Richter scale and produced the equivalent of 200kW, enough to power between 25 and 40 car batteries.
