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In a scene that could have been written by Douglas Adams, a Foo Fighters gig in Auckland in quake-prone New Zealand has shown up on seismic monitoring stations. New Zealand’s geological hazard monitoring system GeoNet described the signal from the band (and its 50,000-strong audience) as similar to volcanic rumblings. GeoNet …

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  1. Stratman

    That's brilliant. Deep Purple eat you heart out.

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  2. LaeMing
    Go

    Waaaaaah!

    Human-driven tectonic change!

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  3. Goat Jam
    Pirate

    Filthy Pirates

    “The concert vibrations were recorded as a semi continuous harmonic signal with a peak osculation of 3 Hz,”

    They can expect a visit from thier local MAFIA representative any time now I'm sure.

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  4. Steven Roper
    Happy

    Let's have a Big Hand for Disaster Area!

    Go Hotblack!

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    1. Goat Jam
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      WTF?

      Umm

      I thought Hot Black was spending a year dead for tax reasons?

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  5. bnt

    Gizza Kiss?

    " a peak osculation of 3 Hz"? I dunno, I've never thought of the Foo Fighters as the kind of band to take a date to, honestly ... ;-)

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      Anonymous Coward

      Drat!

      You beat me to that one.

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      Anonymous Coward

      Stamina?

      3Hz for 160mins is 28800 cycles.

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  6. Mr Larrington
    Megaphone

    Yay!

    Rock and, moreover, roll!

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  7. Anonymous Coward
    Anonymous Coward

    Mosh pit?

    No such thing goes on at a foo fighters gig; you seem to have confused them with metal.

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  8. Matt Sprigg
    Mushroom

    Bassquake

    I took part in an event a few years ago that created a seismic event with car stereo systems - we created movement in the ground equivalent to a 5 on the Richter scale

    http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/records-7000/largest-seismic-earthquake-caused-by-car-stereos/

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