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Indonesia: Earthquake report through Twitter

Categories: East Asia, Indonesia, Philippines, Breaking News, Disaster, Technology

A 7.2 magnitude earthquake [1] jolts Indonesia and some parts of the Philippines [2]. Twitter broke the news ahead of mainstream media. Jyamasaki [3] tweets: “I continue to be impressed how twitter is able to report on the Earthquake in Indonesia a few hours before it's reported on major news sites.”