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Freaked-Out Tweets After Earthquakes Help Scientists

Posted December 14, 2009 3:06 PM

From Wired Top Stories:

The number of "OMG earthquake" tweets roughly correlates to the magnitude of the earthquake, scientists at the meeting of the American Geophysical Union say. The information in the tweets can also be helpful for first responders.

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12/14/2009 10:50 PM

Finally Twitter can do something useful.

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