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Metallica rocked Virginia Tech concert so hard it registered as a small earthquake
While the minor seismic activity, quickly dubbed the “Metallica Quake” online, posed no danger, it was too minor to register ...
Metallica causes seismograph spike at Virginia Tech football stadium concert
Seismographs are usually used to measure when pieces of the earth slam into each other, but they’re pretty good at measuring ...
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Doorbell video catches moment earthquake shook Central Virginia: 'It was loud'
Thousands of Central Virginians are asking one another if they felt the earthquake that shook the region Tuesday afternoon.
Metallica’s Enter Sandman triggers mini earthquake on its American Football ‘homecoming’
As the walk-out music for the local football team, Metallica nearly brought the house down when they played it for real ...
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Two seismic events this week in Virginia: Dillwyn earthquake and Metallica concert
It wasn’t just the Metallica concert at Virginia Tech causing seismic waves this week, a 3.0 magnitude earthquake was recorded near Dillwyn.
Metallica concert at Virginia Tech will likely trigger seismograph measuring earthquakes
Dr. Martin Chapman, a seismologist at Virginia Tech, says the vibration of the fans jumping around Lane Stadium travels down through the foundation of the stadium and into the ground is what produces ...
4.1-magnitude earthquake near Knoxville, Tennessee felt in several states
Shaking from a 4.1-magnitude earthquake that hit east Tennessee the morning of May 10 was felt in parts of several states ...
Top 10 strongest earthquakes to hit East Tennessee
The strongest earthquake ever recorded in East Tennessee was a 4.7-magnitude in 1973, with an epicenter in Alcoa. RELATED: In ...