Mexico's stunning victory over Germany sent shockwaves through the World Cup but Hirving Lozano's winning goal might have actually triggered an earthquake in Mexico City.

Lozano's 35th minute strike was enough for Mexico to claim a 1-0 win against the reigning world champions in their Group F clash at the Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow on Sunday (Monday NZ time).

Mexico is football mad, so its certain a large number of their 127.5million population were tuning in for their opening game of the World Cup in Russia, and especially in the capital, Mexico City, which has a population around 8.85m - almost double the whole of New Zealand.

And ABC report that an "artificial quake" was registered in Mexico City by the agency that monitors earthquakes in Mexico during the nation's match with Germany.

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It was possibly caused by "massive jumps during the goal from the Mexico national soccer team," the report said.

Mexico's next opponent is South Korea.

AP

Hirving Lozano's winning goal against Germany sparked wild celebrations in Mexico.

 - Stuff