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Is Twitter faster than an Earthquake?

Posted by Josh on Aug 29, 2011 in Social Media, Twitter, Videos | 0 comments

During the 5.9 magnitude earthquake that hit Virginia last week, tweets reached New York City before the earthquake hit the Big Apple. According to Twitter, more than 40,000 earthquake-related tweets were sent within a minute of its occurrence, hitting a rate of about 5,500 tweets per second!