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Another earthquake hits Samoa

Lindsey Drakert — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 06:26:57 +0000

AP reports that another earthquake has shaken the Pacific Samoa Islands Wednesday, Oct. 14. With a magnitude of 6.0, this earthquake will not cause a tsunami like the 8.3 magnitude earthquake on Sept. 29. The tsunami caused more than 180 deaths.

Twitter helped spread the news:

inglesantonio (Philippines) Samoa earthquake is less than two weeks after the Pacific islands were hit by a series of tsunamis sparked by a powerful 8.0 earthquake. 15 Oct 2009 from web

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Many Twitterers were caught by surprised at this second natural disaster so close to the last:

callie57 (Plymouth, MA) Samoa hit by yet another earthquake this afternoon! My gosh those poor people. Let’s keep them in our thoughts and prayers… 14 Oct 2009 from web

marfnz (Florida) magitude 6.0 earthquake hits off SAMOA again!!!! 14 Oct 2009 from web

uribez (Undisclosed) Earthquake in Samoa………..Again? Lord have mercy 14 Oct 2009 from Snaptu

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Other Twitterers talked about the situation:

A_hunkin89 (Undisclosed) At LAX gett’n ready 2k head out samoa, just heard a 6.9 earthquake hit samoa, lord guide us as we make out way out there! 14 Oct 2009 from Sidekick

Fanua (Undisclosed) Been watchful about today’s 6.0 magnitude earthquake in Samoa Islands region about 2hrs ago, 6.0+ quakes have been happening there for weeks 14 Oct 2009 from Power Twitter

myrugbystats (New Zealand) Another earthquake in Samoa! I think the world is very angry at the moment, so many natural disasters! http://bit.ly/2RdzwY 14 Oct 2009 from bit.ly

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And others joked about the reoccuring natural disasters in the Pacific:

jeffmorg (Boerne, Texas) Another mag 6.0 earthquake near Samoa? Stay tuned for the volcano. 14 Oct 2009 from Seesmic

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TwitPics: Earthquake aftermath in Padang, Indonesia

Gracie Casella — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 22:07:48 +0000

The Associated Press reports that an earthquake with a magnitude of 7.9 has hit western Indonesia in the city of Padang, less than 24 hours after an earthquake devastated the American Samoa.

According to the Guardian, at least 75 people have been confirmed dead and thousands more are trapped under rubble from collapsed buildings. Jamil hospital and many hotels in Padang have been destroyed.

Twitter user @Marcellodecaran has been sending pictures of the aftermath via Twitter.

The earthquake aftermath. fire's everywhere

Gempa di padang (earthquake in padang)

Rubuh akibat gempa di padang (Collapsed due to earthquake in the desert)

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6.8 Yogyakarta earthquake keeps people awake

Craig Kanalley — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 20:21:28 +0000

A 6.8-magnitude earthquake struck in the middle of the night off the southern coast of Indonesian island Java, near the town of Yogyakarta, according to the Jakarta Globe.

The quake took place at 11:12 local time Monday night, keeping people awake and inspiring tweets.

In wake of this most recent earthquake, several Indonesian Twitter users made religious references and noted the increase in seismic activity, as a 7.3 quake hit West Java on Sept. 2.

leonagustine (Jakarta-Bandung, Indonesia) Dear God I wish you had a twitter account, I want to ask a huge favor, please take care of my family, and all my friends. from earthquake. 07 Sep 2009 from UberTwitter

splitmonkey (Bandung, Indonesia) last earthquake in jogja,an hours ago ! god,is it your command or what?! 07 Sep 2009 from web

guedanar (Indonesia) I agree with this. RT @monsterikan dudes, seriously. earthquake is earthquake. nothing to do with your so-called sins 07 Sep 2009 from web

angelicdentist (Yogyakarta, Indonesia) Oh god’s sake! Im sleepy but scared to hv a deep sleep.i wish the would b no more EARTHQUAKE tonyt.im so f* scared.please no Earthquake. 07 Sep 2009 from mobile web

siska_chan: (Bandung, Indonesia) wha~?! another earthquake? i ain’t gonna go to sleep 2nite..nuh-uh, i won’t close my eyes..no..i..zzz.. 07 Sep 2009 from mobile web

angelicdentist (Yogyakarta, Indonesia) Im okay my dear @aga83 .still kinda scared.the Earthquake juz took lez than 1 minute.but it’s Huge!dat i could feel my bed’s shackin.oh god. 07 Sep 2009 from mobile web

justirine (Jakarta, Indonesia) pray before i sleep: hope no more earthquake and please keep our family safe. God i love you 07 Sep 2009 from web

ervilinesie (Jakarta, Indonesia) There was an earthquake in Jogja & Bali around an hour ago. Heard it was 7 Ritcher. Scary. Caused panic at nite. 07 Sep 2009 from mobile web

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Tokyo says it’s fine after ’strong earthquake’

Craig Kanalley — Sun, 09 Aug 2009 20:01:37 +0000

An unusual thing happened earlier today on Twitter.

An earthquake took place. It was felt in Tokyo. Tokyo jumped up Trending Topics and the world went crazy when it heard the quake had a 7.1 magnitude. News outlets around the world used headlines like ‘Strong earthquake jolts Tokyo.’

This has happened countless times before on Twitter. But instead of freaking out, the tweets from Tokyo itself told a different story. They said it was all over-exaggerated.

Twitterers told followers overseas that they were just fine and repeatedly said media around the world was making the event sound worse than it really was — at least in Tokyo.

cpbo tweeting from Tokyo. the earthquake was not as strong as people think it is. we are fine! 09 Aug 2009 from web

caranha To all those following the Tokyo trend, the magnitude of the Earthquake here was between 3 and 4, not 7. The 7 mag report is epicenter @ sea 09 Aug 2009 from web

MissJuri wow, Tokyo is a trending topic xD Strong earthquake shakes Tokyo area?? http://bit.ly/10tmz9 STRONG??hahaa. 09 Aug 2009 from web

hosakanorihisa TOKYO is still same. not so big shake. RT Strong earthquake (7.1 magnitude) in Japan nr Tokyo (CNN) – http://bit.ly/hy0z2 09 Aug 2009 from web

gtb Everyone’s tweeting about the “big, long earthquake” in Tokyo. Y & I only noticed it because we heard a sound. Thought it was fireworks. 09 Aug 2009 from Tweetie

sweetpinkpixie The news outside Japan is TOTALLY blowing today’s earthquake out of proportion…none of the articles I’ve read say the same magnitude… 09 Aug 2009 from web

eipangan Tokyo earthquake confirmed Twitter has more updated news than anywhere else on the web. I think so. 09 Aug 2009 from Tweetie

velveteenflower That shaking I felt was a 7.1 earthquake 200 miles SW of Tokyo. If that hit this city dead on, I probably wouldn’t be here. 09 Aug 2009 from web

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Baja earthquakes shake San Diego, Los Angeles

Craig Kanalley — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 18:53:32 +0000

A 6.9-magnitude earthquake this morning originating in Baja, California/Mexico in the Gulf of California region, was felt strongly in San Diego and moderately in Los Angeles, according to Twitter reports.

The quake struck at 10:59 a.m. local time, moments after another earthquake – a 5.8 magnitude at 10:55 a.m.

A third earthquake at 11:33 a.m., at 5.0, and fourth earthquake at 11:40 a.m., at 6.0, were also reported by USGS.

Many tweets from San Diego shared the experience of the 6.9 earthquake from high-rise buildings:

davidturney Wow. Decent sized earthquake rocking our building dowtown pretty good. I’m guessing 5.0+ 03 Aug 2009 from TwitterBerry

jeannie_reddoor We’re on the 11th floor and still swaying after a minute of this earthquake! 03 Aug 2009 from web

Phong_One Damn, feeling this big earthquake! Not good to be on the 23rd floor. 03 Aug 2009 from web

allaboutmeesh Omg earthquake & I’m in a 21 floor hi-rise…the building is still swaying!!! And my hearts pounding as we’re all waiting 4 it to stop… 03 Aug 2009 from TwitterBerry

RobDeering Office on the 16th floor + earthquake = seasickness. 03 Aug 2009 from Tweetie

sdooley1030 just felt the biggest earthquake of my life…. a 6.9! I’m on the 19th floor in my building and it swayed for about 2 minutes! Nauseating! 03 Aug 2009 from web

RonnieSan Just survived a 6.9 earthquake from the 17th floor. No damage but was an interesting experience. 03 Aug 2009 from digsby

Twitterers in Los Angeles also reported feeling the quake:

supahcute the building is making odd creaking noises. has there been an earthquake in LA? anyone? 03 Aug 2009 from web

FosforoMusic is there an earthquake in LA? building is rocking back and forth 03 Aug 2009 from TwitterFox

mag3966 Either my office building has started to sway on its own or we have had an earthquake. 03 Aug 2009 from Tweed

vtellis my building is mild swaying from the earthquake in Baja http://earthquake.usgs.gov/eqcenter/recenteqsus/Quakes/pt09215002.php 03 Aug 2009 from web

skd_ Earthquake in Gulf of California, btwn Baja and Mainland Mexico, 6.9. Felt as far away as downtown LA. 03 Aug 2009 from web

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Panama earthquake strikes in middle of night

Craig Kanalley — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 09:42:23 +0000

An earthquake struck Panama at 1:50 a.m. local time on Saturday. The epicenter of the 6.0-magnitude quake was 60 miles northeast of Panama City, per the USGS.

@AndyMahfood had the first tweet on the earthquake. Many Twitterers who tweeted after him reported being woken up by the quake.

AndyMahfood (Panama City, Panama) AHHHHHH EARTHQUAKE!!!!!!! [EXPLETIVE]! 04 Jul 2009 from Twitterrific

true_rockstar (Panama) @fadita nada aqui en twitter ahh ya me hiva a dormir y hubo un temblor (nothing here on twitter ahh I try to go to sleep and there was an earthquake) 04 Jul 2009 from web in reply to fadita

aglb66 (Panama) Fuerte #temblor en Panamá a la 1:50 am del día 4 de julio, parecia una montaña rusa… esperamos replicas… (# Strong quake in Panama at 1:50 am on July 4, seemed a roller coaster … hope ok …) 04 Jul 2009 from TweetDeck

miguelr (Panama) me acaba de despertar un hijue… temblor .. waooo (I just woke up son of a… earthquake .. wooow) 04 Jul 2009 from web

jctapia (Panama) just got woken up by an earthquake! 04 Jul 2009 from web

ericcollin (Panama) OOOOH! An EARTHQUAKE in Panama 5 mins ago! I felt is very strongly. It Will be in the news tomorrow 100%! 04 Jul 2009 from Power Twitter

MarviaL (Panama) Still shaking from the powerful #earthquake that just hit Colon, Panama around 1:48am. Not sure of measurement yet. 04 Jul 2009 from web

gorilita (Panama) earthquake in Panama? Last one like this was 9 years ago. Everybody woke up. 04 Jul 2009 from web

Morinoko (Panama) ¡Despiertame cuando pase el temblor! (Wake me up when an earthquake!) 04 Jul 2009 from web

rafamv29 (Panama City, Panama) earthquake,omg!!! i’m so scare, 6.0 at 1:49 a.m. i don’t know what to think, i wont be able to sleep!!! 04 Jul 2009 from web

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