Could Large Dinosaurs Actually Shake the Ground While Walking?

As anyone who has watched the Jurassic Park series knows, Hollywood likes to exaggerate a bit when it comes to dinosaurs and their scientific accuracy. Many facts are fairly easy to prove right or wrong by looking at skeletons and other fossils. However, others are a bit harder to prove right or wrong. One of these Hollywood "dinotropes" is the ground literally trembling before the dinosaurs' feet. The answer may seem simple because of the sheer mass of some dinosaurs, and some large animals (rhinos and even running race horses) today can even cause the ground to tremble slightly. However, elephants are known to be able to move very softly, even sneaking up on people, and it would also make sense that large predatory dinosaurs would want to be stealthy when approaching prey. My question, put simply, is this: would large dinosaurs (ie: Tyrannosaurus sized or larger) shake the ground as they walked and moved around?

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