A quake was \u201cpossibly because of mass jumping\u201d \u2014 moments after the Mexican men\u2019s soccer team scored a goal against powerhouse Germany.<\/b>
\nMEXICO CITY \u2014 At approximately 11:30 a.m. on Sunday, seismic sensors in Mexico City detected a small earthquake. But it was triggered in an \u201cartificial manner,\u201d according to the group monitoring the gauges.
\u201cPossibly because of mass jumping,\u201d reported the group, the Institute of Geologic and Atmospheric Investigations.
The cause of that mass jumping? Moments before, the Mexican men\u2019s national soccer team had scored a goal against powerhouse Germany in their group-stage match in the World Cup in Moscow.
The Mexicans would hold on to win the match, 1-0, defeating Germany \u2014 the defending World Cup champions \u2014 and recording one of the biggest upsets in Mexico\u2019s World Cup history.
One need only look at the seismic graphs in Mexico City to get a sense of the importance of the victory to Mexicans. But there was plenty of other evidence, too.
After the final whistle, households around the country erupted in joy. People poured into the streets to celebrate. Strangers embraced one another.
For hours after the match, Mexico City resounded with the joyous cacophony of car horns, and euphoric fans gathered in public plazas to celebrate, waving Mexican flags and singing.
Mexico City\u2019s local government announced that 75,000 people had gathered in the Zocalo, the capital\u2019s main square, by midafternoon, several hours after the match ended. Thousands more converged on the Angel of Independence monument, a signature landmark on one of the city\u2019s principal boulevards, forcing the authorities to close off nearby streets to vehicular traffic.
\u201cIt\u2019s so surprising,\u201d said Juan Rodrigo Guadarrama, 32, a taxi driver in Mexico City. \u201cI barely felt like watching the match, because I thought we were going to get badly beaten. I thought we would not have a chance. But the fact that we won renews our hope.\u201d
He continued: \u201cWe are so polarized and against each other these days, with the elections and everything else going on, that this brings us back together and makes us feel like things are possible.\u201d
Shortly after the match, President Enrique Pe\u00f1a Nieto took to Twitter to celebrate the victory: \u201cConfirmed: Mexico competes and wins against the best in the world. Many congratulations to @miseleccionmx! Great game!\u201d<\/p>\n

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