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Earthquake Phenomenology from the Field pp 71–82Cite as

An Earthquake Occurred in the Time of the Internet and the Microblog/Twitter

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Abstract

The Lushan earthquake occurred in the time of the Internet and the Microblog/Twitter, providing some fresh phenomenology for understanding the impact of earthquakes on our society.

This chapter is written by Ma TF and Wu ZL (Institute of Geophysics, CEA), with the assistance of Jiang H.

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Notes

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    Micro-blog (Weibo) is a Chinese version of Twitter. Weibo is the Chinese word in which ‘Wei’ = micro and ‘Bo’ = blog.

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    See: http://www.citizenseismology.eu/

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    http://www.best-news.us/

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  1. China Earthquake Administration, Institute of Geophysics, Beijing, China

    Zhongliang Wu, Changsheng Jiang, Xiaojun Li & Zhifeng Ding

  2. Earthquake Administration of Sichuan Province, Chengdu, China

    Guangjun Li

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Wu, Z., Jiang, C., Li, X., Li, G., Ding, Z. (2014). An Earthquake Occurred in the Time of the Internet and the Microblog/Twitter. In: Earthquake Phenomenology from the Field. SpringerBriefs in Earth Sciences. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-4585-15-6_7

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