PHILADELPHIA (KYW Newsradio) — Phillies fans are loud, but not that loud.
Citizens Bank Park was rocking during Game 3 of the World Series, the first World Series matchup in South Philadelphia in 13 years.
They gave home-field advantage a new meaning, crushing the Astros 7-0 and sending fans into a tizzy — so much so that they registered as seismic activity, at least according to users on Twitter.
Some accounts tweeted that Bryce Harper and Alec Bohm’s “homeruns are literally registering on the Penn State University Brandywine seismograph station,” accompanied by an image of a blip on the graph. The notion took off on social media faster than a Schwarbomb.
But, as it turns out, not everything on Twitter is true, and the ballpark didn’t actually quake.
Dr. Laura Guertin, a distinguished professor of earth sciences at Penn State Brandywine in Media, debunked the rumor. She said the small blips on the seismograph are what’s known as “human noise,” which she said are most likely caused by cars and traffic.
“With the stadium 20 miles away from my campus and the timing of these quick spikes in our seismometer record at Brandywine, this was not caused by our amazing Phillies fans,” she explained to KYW Newsradio.
“We all wish that the stadium crowd had enough energy to generate a seismic event! Alas, it is not true.”
Maybe Phillies fans can try again at Game 4.