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US East Coast earthquake generated more Tweets than Osama bin Laden death
Telegraph.co.uk
The earthquake to hit the US Eastern Coast resulted in 5500 Tweets per second, more than Osama bin Laden's death and on a par with the Japanese earthquake. And, we hit about 5500 Tweets per second (TPS). For context, this TPS is more than Osama Bin ...
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Telegraph.co.uk
Washington Monument cracks indicate earthquake damage (Photos)
Washington Post (blog)
By Patricia Sullivan More damage found inside the Washington Monument Wednesday, including a four-foot-long fissure in the pyramid-shaped cap at the top, indicates that the earthquake did not leave the capital region unscathed. A one-inch wide, ...
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For Washington area, first an earthquake, next a hurricane
Washington Post
By Michael E. Ruane and William Branigin, Still shaken by Tuesday's earthquake, the Washington area braced for Hurricane Irene, which prompted Virginia to declare a state of emergency Thursday and forced the US Navy to send dozens of its ships in the ...
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Robert Valderzak REGAINS hearing after US earthquake
Daily Mail
By Rachel Quigley For some people, Tuesday's earthquake was a scary experience and a sign that this could be the shape of things to come. But for Robert Valderzak, from Virginia, it was an entirely different sign - a sign he believes was from God after ...
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Daily Mail
How zoo animals predicted the East Coast earthquake
Washington Post
About 15 minutes before Tuesday's earthquake, Smithson heard the red-ruffed lemurs make an alarm call and a few seconds before the earthquake, heard the howler monkeys make their alarm call. Before an earthquake shook up the East Coast on Monday, ...
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Washington Post
At least 5 aftershocks rattle DC area
msnbc.com
>>> now to the aftermath of the earthquake that rattled the east coast yesterday, perhaps 100 million people felt it. today damage assessment and the big concern is what they found at the washington monument . tom costello joins me from there. tom? ...
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East, West Coast Tremors Remind Residents of Earthquake Country to Have a Plan
Patch.com
Scientists say there's a 62 percent chance of an earthquake with a magnitude 6.7 or greater will strike the Bay Area in the next 30 years, and the worst place to be is on the southern part of the Rodgers Creek Fault — in Petaluma, Cotati and Rohnert ...
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New York City earthquake inspires at least one 'I survived the quake' tattoo
New York Daily News
Within 10 minutes, it went from 'There was an earthquake' to 'Oh, my God, we're evacuating the country!'" It took Khay, 25, about five minutes to sketch the design with a fine-tipped marker and post it on Facebook. Within a few hours, ...
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New York Daily News
Social media response to East Coast earthquake part of growing trend
Healthcare IT News
WASHINGTON – One day after a 5.8 magnitude earthquake struck Virginia, two new surveys by the American Red Cross confirmed that the uptick seen on sites such as Twitter and Facebook is part of a growing trend of Americans turning to social media in ...
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Understanding Disaster Insurance Policies, Part 1
NY1
The earthquake had little impact in New York City, but if your property had been damaged like folks in neighboring states, would your insurance policy cover it? NY1's Asa Aarons filed the following Consumer Watch report. In the aftermath of a low, ...
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NY1
How to Prepare for and Handle an Earthquake
Patch.com
An image of one toppled lawn chair has been making its way through the web, as an illustration of the impact of the earthquake. But jokes aside, natural disasters are unpredictable and can be nerve-wracking. The American Red Cross issued the ...
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Check Out How Bazerk Text Messaging Went After The Earthquake
Business Insider
The SMS traffic dropped in the first 2 minutes, immediately following the times that the earthquake was felt, as everyone had their "What was THAT??" moments. Then texting began in earnest. In the New York City area, SMS traffic quickly doubled in the ...
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US nuclear regulator wants new earthquake reviews
Reuters Africa
The agency began studying the earthquake risks of the central and eastern regions of the country after new information became available about the area, but all plants across the country will have to undertake the new review, a spokesman said. ...
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Earthquake shakes area
Lumina News
23, when shockwaves from a distant earthquake reached the coastal community. The shockwaves traveled north and south along the East Coast, emanating from the earthquake's epicenter in central Virginia. The vibrations from the quake were felt as far ...
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Locals relieved earthquake damage was minor
Annapolis Capital
By ALLISON BOURG, Staff Writer By ALLISON BOURG, Staff Writer In the end, the earthquake that rattled the county and much of the East Coast Tuesday afternoon did little more than shake everyone up. Laura-Chase McGehee - The Capital John Tower, ...
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Annapolis Capital
Morning Shots: Earthquake Feuds, Media Critics, And Creepy Burger King
NPR (blog)
Yahoo! put together a little story about the back-and-forth between the East and West coasts about our earthquake the other day. (I hold to what I tweeted Tuesday and now shamelessly recycle: You'll excuse me if I can only laugh about being mocked for ...
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Earthquake shakes much of east coast
Chatham Star Tribune
Pittsylvania County and Danville residents felt the earth move - literally - Tuesday afternoon when a powerful earthquake shook Virginia and much of the East Coast. According to the United States Geological Survey, the tremor had a magnitude of 5.8 and ...
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Aside from a scare, Scranton area unaffected by earthquake
Scranton Times-Tribune
O'Malley (Staff Writer) It seems a bit of fear was the only damage inflicted by the tremors sent through the Scranton area from an earthquake that hit Virginia on Tuesday. "Once everybody was aware and knew what was going on, they got back to their ...
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Old Roland Park Water Tower still structurally sound after earthquake
Baltimore Sun (blog)
By Larry Perl, lperl@patuxent.com Baltimore City inspectors said Tuesday's Virginia earthquake appears to have had no impact on the 106-year-old Roland Park Water Tower. "I'm going to say that this building has not sustained any damage, any, ...
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What not to do during an earthquake (and why we did it anyway)
Delco News Network
By Giovanni S. Balthazar This map shows the time it took for the earthquake's rumbles to reach across North America. Each concentric circle represents one minute of travel time for the perceptible shakes, or P Waves. Earthquakes will happen and there ...
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