HIRVING LOZANO scoring the lone goal in Mexico’s 1-0 victory over reigning World Cup champion Germany appears to have led to an artificial earthquake in Mexico City on Sunday.

Two monitoring stations in Mexico City picked up the temblor the same time Lozano scored, 35 minutes into the match. Seismologists in Chile also said that their instruments detected an artificial temblor at the same time.

John E. Vidale, director of the Southern California Earthquake Center, told USA Today Sports that at most such fan-induced earthquakes would generate a 2 on the Richter Scale, which would go unnoticed by the public if it were a typical quake.

By comparison, the 1985 earthquake that killed thousands in and around Mexico City was an 8.0 — at least a million times the magnitude of what the celebrating fans may have caused.

Induced seismic activity has been measured from everything from nuclear testing to fracking.

Vidale studied the seismic activity around Seattle’s Century Link Field earlier in the decade after the “beast quake,” created by fans celebrating a Marshawn Lynch touchdown run during a playoff game in January 2011.

“It was mostly for fun,” Vidale said. “It made us look at the instruments, since measuring these signals are often too small to distinguish. It’s very hard to analyze.”

It’s also highly unlikely fan-induced temblors would trigger larger seismic activity.

Looking at the footage from the celebrations in Mexico City on Sunday, it’s easy to see how the ground could have shaken.

Fans crammed into the Zocalo, the city’s main square, to celebrate.

“What happened today was an earthquake of joy for us — just imagine, we beat the world champion!” said Laura Villegas, a 45-year-old merchant who downed her beer with tequila in one gulp.

“What happened hey, what happened hey, to the Germany that was going to beat us today?” the crowd chanted.

President Enrique Pena Nieto joined the party, saying on Twitter: “Confirmed: Mexico competes and wins against the best in the world, Congratulations to @miseleccionmx! Great match!”

Throughout the capital, the streets filled with exhilarated fans, on foot, bicycles, motorbikes or in cars. Some blasted their car stereos, while others shrieked in glee.

“Lozano for president, Lozano for president!” fans cheered — not forgetting that the country will hold elections to choose a new leader July 1.

Some Mexican soccer fans took great pride in the reports of their cheering causing an earthquake, according to Newsweek.

One such fan posted his enthusiasm on Twitter.

“There was an artificial earthquake in Mexico City caused by the celebration of Mexico’s goal and if that doesn’t tell you how passionate Mexican fans are then i don’t know what will.”

(SD-Agencies)