Did the earth move for you?
No? Well you must not have been in Leicester on Saturday evening.
In case you have been living under a rock (or in Nottingham) for the last week, you will now know that Leicester City are the Premier League champions.
On Saturday they celebrated the first title in their 132-year history by beating Everton 3-1 after getting their groove on to Claudio Ranieri’s buddy Andrea Bocelli.
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The King Power was whipped into a frenzy of disbelief and early evening drunkenness by the time Wes Morgan and Ranieri lifted the Premier League trophy.
However, the biggest celebration of the entire day (and season) was reserved for Jamie Vardy’s opening goal.
Regular viewers of Leicester City matches will have noticed that the stands have a tendency to shake when the supporters celebrate. This inspired a group of students at the University of Leicester to start measuring the earth movements around the King Power.
Vardy’s first goal on Saturday caused the biggest earthquake since the geology students started taking measurements back in March.
The mini ‘quake measured 0.4 on the richter scale, with student Richard Hoyle telling the Leicester Mercury that it beat the previous previous largest measurement, recorded when Leonardo Ulloa scored a last minute winner against Norwich.
“We called it the Vardyquake phenomenon and it struck again on Saturday. It was absolutely brilliant. We were watching the match at the university as we monitored our equipment.
“His goal was the most powerful we’ve recorded so it just goes to show what the fans’ reaction can do. It was definitely the most interesting game.
“The largest we’d recorded was 0.3 when Leicester City played Norwich but this was something else.
“Andy King’s goal also managed 0.4. There’s no doubt the packed stadium helped, but Vardy also got a record for scoring a penalty, when that got a 0.3 magnitude – the most powerful we’ve seen for a penalty.”
For the record, these are pretty tiny earthquakes. In 1984 Ireland experienced a 5.4 on the richter scale, which is someway short of 1960 Valdivia Earthquake, which measured 9.6 in Chile.
