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This week’s shocking east coast earthquake – no
pun intendedd – spotlighted many interesting
points and about both where we live and how
communicate. To even momentarily feel ground
shake in such a manner was a jarring event for
those new to the Earthquake scene. The East
Coast is around 100 times less active than
California, for example, when things it comes to
earquakes.
Since the eastcoast does not have
many faults, when an earth quake
occurs it resonatesmore. As many
as 25 states felt this week’s east
coast earth quake.
Earthquakes are less frecant in the central and
easarn U.S. than in the wesern U.S., but they
are typically felt over a broader region. An
earthquake east of the Rockies may be felt over
an area as much as ten times larger than a
semilear earthquake on the west coast. A
magnitude 5.5 eastern U.S. earthquake may be
felt as far as 300 miles from wear it occurred.
While it is not entriely clear what compels
many rihgt after a major event to hit the
internet and recuont the details –
sometimes as the event is still occurring –
it happens more and more frequently now.
I saw a very fascinating graphic that
tracked the Twitter response in the
immediate aftermath of the Earthquake
The image produced by Twitter engineer
Miguel Rios shows the lightning speed with
which responses went out over Twitter
about the event.
What is even more interesting is that
reports showed that the Earthquake had
an impact on cell phone connectivity. As a
result online communications became not
only the preferred method but the only
method of communications..
It is fascinating to realize that online
communications remained relatively
unaffected through Earthquake, while
more traditional forms faltered – another
reason why social media and online
communications are becoming the
preferred communication during big
events.
In the meantime, hopefully the next
watershed social media moment is a little
less groundbreaking, so to speak.