Two earthquakes in the last 12 hours have hit and news agencies have been slow to report. Of course, twitter was and is right on top of the issue, getting the word out to twitter users via tweets.
The first 6.9 magnitude earthquake hit Tokyo’s Southern islands at 20:31 GMT on Friday. The quake happened off the coast of Okinawa island at a depth of 6.2 miles (10km). The Meteorological Agency predicted and issued tsunami warnings. There turned out to be minimal damage, no deaths and the tsunami warning was later lifted.
A larger 8.8 magnitude earthquake has just recently hit southern Chile, 197 miles (317km) southwest of the capital, Santiago. This mammoth was 36 miles deep (60km) at 01:34 am EST (06:34 GMT).
The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center has issued a tsunami warning for Hawaii and 49 Countries in the Pacific. The warning is in effect at the time of this writing. The countries are:
Chile, Peru , Ecuador , Colombia , Antarctica , Panama , Costa Rica , Nicaragua , Pitcairn , Honduras , El Salvador , Guatemala , Fr. Polynesia , Mexico , Cook Islands , Kiribati , Kermadec Is , Niue , New Zealand , Tonga , American Samoa , Samoa , Jarvis Is. , Wallis-Futuna , Tokelau , Fiji , Australia , Hawaii , Palmyra Is. , Tuvalu , Vanuatu , Howland-Baker , New Caledonia , Johnston Is. , Solomon Is. , Nauru , Marshall Is. , Midway Is. , Kosrae , Papua New Guinea , Pohnpei , Wake Is. , Chuuk , Russia , Marcus Is. , Indonesia , N. Marianas , Guam , Yap , Belau , Japan , Philippines , Chinese Taipei
See the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center‘s website immediately and watch for updates if you live in these areas.
Google’s regular search is also slow to pick up the news. It’s real time twitter search is doing the job well though and picking up many important tweets and recent news.
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