Mexican World Cup fans set off earthquake detectors

Tremors blamed on ‘mass jumping’ following Hirving Lozano’s goal against Germany

Mexico football fan
(Image credit: Christopher Furlong/Getty Images)

Rejoicing Mexican fans celebrating their team’s match-winning goal against Germany in the World Cup may have triggered a mini-earthquake.

On Sunday morning, earthquake monitoring stations in Mexico City detected a small tremor which appeared to have no natural cause.

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