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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.

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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. 

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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. 

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 For myself, a few minutes after the

Earthquake, I decided to check facebook

and twitter.

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 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. 

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 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.  

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 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..  

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 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. 

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 In the meantime, hopefully the next

watershed social media moment is a little

less groundbreaking, so to speak.

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