Experts calculated that the tremor caused by the audience jumping during the performance was equivalent to a magnitude 1.3 earthquake with each jump.
When travis scott asked Rome to make some noise at the Circus Maximus, also known as Circus Maximus, on Monday the 7th, Rome happily agreed. The 60,000 spectators jumped so hard that some residents panicked, thinking an earthquake was happening.
The show marked the release of the new album by Scott, Utopia, which marks the return of the rapper after five years. The presentation also featured the return of yesformerly known as Kanye Westto the stage after the anti-Semitic controversies involving the rapper in the last year.
Romans, including those who live some distance from the site, took to social media to talk about the shaking of windows, beds and chandeliers. According to Italian media, about 60 people had to be treated for eye and throat irritation, possibly because someone used pepper spray in the crowd.
TRAVISSCOTT PERFORMS “FE!N” FOR THE FIRST TIME AT CIRCUS MAXIMUS IN ROME, ITALY ARGHHH pic.twitter.com/FuIo7De24L
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—TRAVIS SCOTT DAILY (@dailytrvis) August 7, 2023
As reported by the newspaper Estadãoarchaeologists were alarmed by the vibrations and questioned the wisdom of hosting musical events at an ancient site, where chariot races were held more than 2,000 years ago and to which Julius Caesar later added his own decorative touch.
Giovanni Diaferia, seismologist at the Italian Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology, calculated: “60 thousand people, 70 kg each, jumping and reaching 0.15 m from the ground radiate an energy of E = 6.2 MJ which is equivalent to an earthquake magnitude 1.3 , every jump! Enough to be registered by a seismic station 9 km away.”
In recent years, Circo Máximo has been the stage for major open-air rock concerts, including shows by Rolling StonesLady Gaga and this summer Bruce Springsteen, Armas e Rosas It is imagine Dragons. The circus also hosted the Rome opera summer season.
Source: Rollingstone
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