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Timothy B. Hurst / ecopolitology:
USGS Develops Twitter-Based Earthquake Detection System   —  Seismologists say Twitter could be the fastest way to get information out of an earthquake area, especially in those less densely populated with seismic instruments.  —  People love to tweet about what's going on around them …
Jan 7, 2010, 9:50 PM - In context

Eric Eldon / Inside Facebook:
Earthquake in the Bay Area?  Facebook Real-Time Search Starts to Look More Interesting   —  Although Twitter has until now owned real-time search results for news events, a minor (4.1) earthquake that hit Palo Alto and other parts of Silicon Valley today shows Facebook's real-time search …
Jan 7, 2010, 2:45 PM - In context

Paul Vitello / New York Times:
Lead Us to Tweet, and Forgive the Trespassers   —  Things went smoothly for the first hour of the Twitter experiment at Trinity Church in Manhattan on Good Friday in April.  —  While hundreds of worshipers watched the traditional dramatization of the Crucifixion from pews in the church …
Jul 4, 2009, 7:30 PM - In context

Biz / Twitter Blog:
Twitter Search for Everyone!   —  Every public update sent to Twitter from anywhere in the world 24/7 can be instantly indexed and made discoverable via our newly launched real-time search.  What was that loud noise outside your apartment?  Did you just feel an earthquake?
Apr 30, 2009, 6:10 PM - In context

MG Siegler / VentureBeat:
Twitter quakes as San Francisco shakes   —  Earthquake news and Twitter have long gone hand in hand because of Twitter's instant mass-communication ability.  Today, an earthquake shook the San Francisco Bay area (where Twitter's headquarters is located, along with many of its original users), and Twitter traffic went nuts.
Mar 30, 2009, 2:05 PM - In context

Jeremiah Owyang / Web Strategy:
Crises Tracking on Twitter: The Benefits -and Dangers- of New Media   —  Yesterday morning, on a slow Sunday, I was witness to yet another disaster being reported from first hand sources on Twitter.  This has reoccured for the small explosion at Times Square last year, Earthquake in China …
Aug 12, 2008, 3:47 AM - In context

Dawn Kawamoto / CNET News.com:
Los Angeles earthquake chokes phone calls, not Twitter   —  A 5.4 earthquake hit Tuesday while Verdell Wilson was having an exam in her gynecologist's Los Angeles office.  —  Given it was her first earthquake experience, Wilson did what comes naturally—she twittered it.
Jul 29, 2008, 9:50 PM - In context

BIZ / Twitter Blog:
Twitter As News-wire   —  Twitter is increasingly being described as a personal news-wire—shared world events like this morning's earthquake near Los Angeles support the definition.  This chart illustrates the beginning of this morning's earthquake followed seconds later by the first Twitter update from Los Angeles.
Jul 29, 2008, 8:10 PM - In context

Jessica Guynn / L.A. Times Tech Blog:
SoCal earthquake has everyone a-Twitter   —  UPDATED: On its blog, Twitter posted a chart showing how quickly information spread after the earthquake.  And it gives credit to a user named Caroline (Vixy) as the first to Twitter the quake.  Her post was short and to the point: “Earthquake.”
Jul 29, 2008, 7:05 PM - In context

MG Siegler / VentureBeat:
SoCal earthquake a powerful reminder of Twitter's potential   —  This morning a 5.4 magnitude earthquake struck Southern California near Los Angeles.  Well before the information was anywhere on the major news outlets, tweets (Twitter messages) were flowing in at a rapid clip.
Jul 29, 2008, 4:20 PM - In context
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