Football fans cause earthquake in Mexico City
Updated | By Breakfast with Martin Bester
Have you ever been so happy you caused an earthquake? Well, football fans did just that on Sunday in Mexico...
Thousands of Mexican football fans celebrated so hard after their team defeated Germany that they are believed to have caused an earthquake.
Defending champions Germany crashed to a defeat in their opening game of a World Cup for the first time since 1982, as Hirving Lozano's clinical finish earned Mexico a shock 1-0 victory on Sunday.
READ ALSO: World Cup holders Germany crash to Mexico defeat
Seismic activity was recorded in Mexico City shortly after Lozano fired past German goalkeeper Manuel Neuer, according to seismic monitoring agency Simmsa.
El #sismo detectado en la Ciudad de México se originó de manera artificial. Posiblemente por saltos masivos durante el Gol de la selección de #México en el mundial. Por lo menos dos sensores dentro de la Ciudad lo detectaron a las 11:32. pic.twitter.com/mACKesab3b
— SIMMSA (@SIMMSAmex) June 17, 2018
READ ALSO: Brazil suffer first night nerves in Swiss stalemate
Mexico is definitely a team to look out for as they are fired up for their next games against South Korea and Sweden.
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