Auburn's Iron Bowl win over Alabama may have affected seismic activity
Steve Jones, an electrical engineer in Alabama, has a homemade vertical-sensing seismometer in the basement of his home, according to a report from AL.com.
Why does Steve Jones’ seismometer matter?
Apparently it was affected by Saturday’s Iron Bowl when Auburn beat No. 1 Alabama 26-14.
“I saw a slight increase in ground noise on the seismograph starting a few minutes before 6:00 pm when the game ended, until about 6:15 pm or so,” Jones reportedly said.
While Jones can’t conclusively correlate the ground noise with Auburn’s win, the two events do seem to line up.
Jones apparently said he also detected a similar “slight increase in micro-seismic ground noise” on Nov. 11 shortly after Auburn took down then-No. 1 Georgia.
Jones saw this potentially corresponding seismic activity four years ago when Auburn knocked off Alabama in the “Kick Six” game, as well.
Apparently when Jordan-Hare Stadium is really rocking, so is the state of Alabama.