COLUMBUS, Ohio: Ohio Stadium is sure to be rocking on Saturday when Ohio State and Michigan take the football field, and geologists will find out just how much through the use of seismographs.
Ohio State and Miami University professors teamed up with the Ohio Department of Natural Resources to devise the “FanQuakes Magnitude Scale,” and have planted sensors around the stadium this year to measure the seismic activity created by fans.
The scale converts the shaking coming from fans into the perceived magnitude of a naturally occurring earthquake. Ohio State’s stadium seats nearly 105,000.
So far this season, the biggest quake came after Curtis Samuel’s touchdown catch at the beginning of the second half against Nebraska.