The atmosphere inside Anfield was so powerful that supporters created a seismic event. The Reds on Sunday with in front of their jubilant fans.
Having won their last title in 2020 inside an empty stadium due to the Covid-19 restrictions, for this season’s crowning win. There were 60,415 people inside the stadium on Sunday afternoon to witness ’s side come from 1-0 down to steamroller their opponents with five unanswered goals.
It was clear from the TV coverage that it was especially loud inside Anfield as goals from Luis Diaz, Alexis Mac Allister, , and an own goal from Destiny Udogie flew in. But work conducted by the has now quantified just how loud it really was.
Researchers from the university’s Department of Earth, Ocean and Environmental Sciences were granted access to Anfield in order to deploy state-of-the-art seismic equipment.
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They were able to capture the ground motions caused by thousands of supporters jumping around in unison and analyse the seismic signals in the lab.
The results showed that Mac Allister’s rocket to put Liverpool 2-1 triggered the loudest reaction of the afternoon, registering a magnitude 1.74 seismic event on the Richter scale. Salah’s left-footed strike into the bottom corner for 4-1 came in second place, measuring 1.60, while Udogie’s own goal registered at 1.35.
Diaz’s equaliser was met by a much more muted reaction, having been delayed by a VAR check for offside, and came in at just 0.64, while Gakpo’s goal measured at 1.03.
The scientists in charge of the study, Dr Antoine Septier, Dr Farnaz Kamranzad and Professor Ben Edwards, were delighted with their results.
Dr Kamranzad said: “Who knew that football fans could generate seismic energy? This experiment shows us that science is everywhere, even hidden beneath the roar of a goal at Anfield! It is a great reminder that geoscience can capture the energy of human emotion in powerful and surprising ways.
“Incredibly, we recorded six seismic events with equivalent Richter magnitudes from 0.7 to 1.75. These were small tremors, not strong enough to be felt in the stands, but powerful enough to leave a clear and lasting mark at Anfield.

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"Every cheer, every celebration, leaves a trace beneath our feet, a seismic fingerprint of collective joy, written into the Earth’s memory long after the final whistle!”
Liverpool continued their celebrations after the final whistle, with the fans sticking around to revel in their achievement in Slot’s first season as manager. The players stood and sang a rendition of You’ll Never Walk Alone with supporters, while Slot addressed led them in a chant for former boss .
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