{"id":570,"date":"2007-10-30T19:20:15","date_gmt":"2007-10-31T03:20:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mdoeff.com\/blog\/2007\/10\/30\/tracking-the-quake-on-twitter\/"},"modified":"2024-04-05T16:54:15","modified_gmt":"2024-04-06T00:54:15","slug":"tracking-the-quake-on-twitter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mdoeff.com\/blog\/2007\/10\/30\/tracking-the-quake-on-twitter\/","title":{"rendered":"Tracking the quake on Twitter"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

I’ve been tracking<\/a> “quake” and “earthquake” on Twitter<\/a>. There was a continuous flow of information as soon as the quake<\/a> hit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

9:14 pm Update:<\/em>
Wanna see more? Part 2 of this transcript is here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

10:31 pm Update:<\/em>
Part 3 is here<\/a>. That’s all folks!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

10\/31\/2007 Update:<\/em>
Just wanted to clarify that the start of this transcript was about a minute after the quake – i.e. this does not include the very first tweets. According to @laughingsquid<\/a>, @sofia<\/a> was the first person to post to twitter about this quake.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

ok @blaine<\/a> confirms via Twitter DB that @sofia<\/a> wins this round…next up, who calls first aftershock<\/p>— Laughing Squid (@LaughingSquid) October 31, 2007<\/a><\/blockquote>