Man Made Earthquake In Mexico City! Fans' Wild Celebration After Goal Against Germany at 2018 FIFA World Cup Causes Artificial Quake, Watch Video

If you ever wanted to know how big football is in Mexico or anywhere in the world, you need to read this report. According to reports coming in, an earthquake was detected in Mexico City as fans celebrated wildly after their country scored a goal in the match against the defending champions Germany in the 2018 FIFA World Cup. Mexico stunned the defending champions and took away the game 1-0 in their favour. Here is the scorecard of the match.

Seismic monitoring network, analysis and geological investigation which is operated by the Institute of Geological and Atmospheric Research AC confirmed the news in a tweet and mentioned that "The earthquake detected in Mexico City originated artificially. Possibly by massive jumps during the Goal of the selection of # Mexico in the world. At least two sensors inside the City detected it at 11:32."

But it is the fans who are now making news. In their opening World Cup game on Sunday, Mexico gained a lead in the 35th minute after Hirving Lozano scored a goal and Mexico maintained it throughout the match to register the stunning victory.

The Mexican government said that the jumping or mass celebration at the time of celebration of the goal was so intense and collective that it caused a "small artificial" earthquake. The Richter scale, however, was not mentioned. The FIFA 2018 World Cup is making humans or football fans to be precise, do supernatural things. If anyone ever doubted the popularity of the "Beautiful Game", here is the answer to them.

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