{"id":572,"date":"2007-10-30T21:26:58","date_gmt":"2007-10-31T05:26:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mdoeff.com\/blog\/2007\/10\/30\/tracking-the-quake-on-twitter-part-3\/"},"modified":"2024-04-05T11:16:46","modified_gmt":"2024-04-05T19:16:46","slug":"tracking-the-quake-on-twitter-part-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mdoeff.com\/blog\/2007\/10\/30\/tracking-the-quake-on-twitter-part-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Tracking the quake on Twitter – part 3"},"content":{"rendered":"

The information flow on Twitter<\/a> is slowing down. Here’s the last part of the transcript. I think I missed some between parts 2<\/a> and 3.<\/p>\n

Earlier transcripts: Part 1<\/a>, Part 2<\/a>.<\/p>\n

(ChristianDeVera): 5.6 earthquake wasn’t a big deal. i didnt even feel it, maybe coz i was watching Spiderman 3
\n(DYbarra): just had an earthquake here — my 1st. i didn’t really feel it but saw some items in my house swaying. hope the big one doesn’t hit tonight.
\n(GlennF): I don’t follow enough people on Twitter to have figured out there was a quake until 9.54 pm
\n(patrickf23): earthquake! i was in an elevator! whew!
\n(jay_ramos): mmmmm…. earthquake….
\n(flips): Didn’t feel the earthquake, although my roommate did
\n(fernfern): was holding a bunch of cilantro when earthquake started…the cilantro felt it too…not me alone…dizzy a bit…
\n(amyjokim): reading about the Bay Area quake, sending happy thoughts to our many Bay Area friends
\n(artisan949): @jaydedman congrats on the earth quake survival man. did you duck and cover?
\n(CreativeSage): Glad we weren’t carving pumpkins when the earthquake hit\u00e2\u20ac\u201dshaky sharp knives and lots of pulp spewing all over the place![nose wink]
\n(mmayo): Didn’t feel the earthquake at all. Weird.
\nSent at 9:58 PM on Tuesday
\ntwitter: (hirodusk): 5.8 earthquake, and one of the people in my office asks “Is that a train passing by?”
\n(abie): quake was totally mild and unscary up on the hill here
\n(noor): i totally didn’t feel the earthquake – maybe because I was at the gym?
\n(zittrain): My first earthquake! http:\/\/tinyurl.com\/3xl665
\n(rangercraig): So, you missed your first earthquake… @NickStarr
\nSent at 10:01 PM on Tuesday
\ntwitter: (NaokiHIYAMA): Earthquake Shaked me. size was M5.6.not so strong,no tunami,no damage.but TV changed programe and broadcasting breakingnews…..
\n(rangercraig): @NickStarr So, you missed your first earthquake…
\n(deebeedee): @clickmomukhamo Hehe, that’s what Twitter’s for! (but I don’t know what I’d do if the quake was any stronger)
\n(Jenguin): Trying to finish making cupcakes… since the first batch was damaged because of the earthquake!
\n(nicolelee): Disturbed that @sfquake reported the quake more than an hour after it happened! I’m un-following you, buddy.
\n(s4xton): Holy crap, this photo makes the earthquake look devastating: http:\/\/tinyurl.com\/2wa2j8 (cnn.com via raleigh-i.com)
\n(dialect): “I was eating oysters, and when the oysters started moving, I knew something was wrong.” — Man on the street interview about the earthquake
\n(gwachob): #earthquake on calaveras fault line
\n(gwachob): #earthquake on calaveras fault line – hayward is the one we have to worry about
\n(CraigFaulk): Nice little quake here in the bay area 5.6 magnitude around 8:04pm – Epicenter Alum Rock (Near San Jose)
\n(mim): Earthquake earlier felt like vibrating bed
\n(dannysullivan): and how did i not feel that quake here at SFO? weird (and sad, i missed a quake!)
\n(dsearls): Hard for a geology freak like me not to write aboiut the quake: http:\/\/tinyurl.com\/yo3m5z
\n(kitchen): ok, so there’s a 5.6 earthquake in SF area, right. kcal9 thinks some stupid cheerleader getting runover by a football team is better news.
\n(Ryanne): 5.4 quake, first one that we felt since moving here…shouldn’t say it, but man it was cool!
\n(scottpargett): Another earthquake just hit. Always a sharp reminder of where I live.
\n(edithfrost): There was an earthquake? I didn’t feel anything here in Albany…
\n(booboolina): @jimhutchison: I’m ok, sounds like everyone else is ok too. it was just a rockin’ and a rollin’ quake. http:\/\/tinyurl.com\/234t3w thanks!
\n(jbergen): I wait for an earthquake for four years and as soon as I leave, one happens. Where’s the justice?
\n(brianleroux): @andrecharland two words for ya: iphone sdk
\n(CoyotePace): @Chrysocolla — Sal felt the quake too, over in Fremont.
\n(joshleejosh): my first bay area earthquake, and I didn’t even feel it. I need to pay better attention.
\n(sugamjain): Quake!
\nloiclemeur: Seesmic day 21 is up Seesmic day 21: Where is Loic?
\n(cariberry): 5.6 earthquake in San Jose
\n(GGJeffy): 5.6 quake…bruised my hand and jammed shoulder bracing in doorway from house moving to and fro.
\n(kesava): ppl, plz hold ur earthquake tweets till I come back from dinner. [grin]
\n(stony): @AndreCharland I never realized crack heads were so quick.
\n(danakin): Hoping that the CA folks are alright and aren’t affected by the earthquake
\n(beach): shoulda hit twitter sooner about the quake… duh. felt much smaller than a 5.6 here in santa cruz… yawn.
\n(Ryanne): tracking the quake on twitter http:\/\/tinyurl.com\/2xv5el
\n(mailien): Still a little queezy from the earthquake…
\nSent at 10:12 PM on Tuesday
\ntwitter: (stevenf): Can we all agree not refer to the earthquake as a “temblor”
\n(BigReg): Phil Eugenio is right on the money it was a 5.7 quake. http:\/\/tinyurl.com\/yodn57
\n(markdotto): Holy crap! I was sleeping, but woke up to feel that earthquake, but feel back to sleep. My mom emailed me to see if I was OK. E-mail? Thx Ma
\nSent at 10:14 PM on Tuesday
\ntwitter: (kurrik): EARTHQUAKE STATUS UPDATE – BBQ Sauce, Relish untouched, Tabasco Chipotle and Mayonnaise DOWN! OH, THE HUMANITY
\n(stevenf): Can we all agree not to refer to the earthquake as a “temblor”
\nSent at 10:16 PM on Tuesday
\ntwitter: (ses5909): so I get my news from twitter that there was an earthquake. I was sleeping though, I have an excuse
\n(sneakeryip): Someone just whispered to me that there was a quake but where was the shakes?
\n(yndygo): Sending good thoughts to all my earthquake suffering friends in the bay area, may the damage be minimal if any… 5.6? Good one you guys!!
\nSent at 10:18 PM on Tuesday
\ntwitter: (dalmaer): sitting through his first earthquake without apparantely noticing it.
\n(dingostewart): Called my daughter Erin in the Bay Area. She said she didn’t even feel the quake. I hope all my friends are fine–and happy it wasn’t l …
\nSent at 10:19 PM on Tuesday
\ntwitter: (dingostewart): I’m happy the quake in the Bay Area wasn’t like the Loma Linda quake of 1989! Was there, & didn’t like it one bit!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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