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Wednesday, August 24, 2011

East Coasters Turn to Twitter During Virginia Earthquake

7:01 AM  TechNewsWEBPH  

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It remains unclear to what extent the spread of the earthquake, although a former user-generated map gives an idea of ​​where he felt. Twitter, witnesses say the tremors have occurred as far south as Atlanta, Georgia, and as far north as Toronto, Canada.

An earthquake measuring 5.9 started from Mineral, Virginia, Tuesday afternoon, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.

The Pentagon, USA Capitol and the City of New York were evacuated temporarily. (UPDATE:. Contrary to previous reports, the Pentagon was not evacuated, according to the Washington Post) call the service will be in Washington DC, who are experiencing the same problems with wireless service from AT & T New York, probably due the sudden blockage. No physical damage has been reported. (UPDATE: ". At least three pinnacles of the tower broke" A spokesman for the National Cathedral in Washington DC confirmed)

Tweets started pouring in DC about 30 seconds before we felt the earthquake in our headquarters in New York and before all the reports on the earthquake from the media.

And, of course, has more than 7,000 people were admitted instead Earthquakepocalypse Four Square in New York in writing.

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