Twitter earthquake detection: earthquake monitoring in a social world

Twitter earthquake detection: earthquake monitoring in a social world

The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) is investigating how the social networking site Twitter, a popular service for sending and receiving short, public text messages, can augment USGS earthquake response products and the delivery of hazard information. Rapid detection and qualitative assessment of shak...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Daniel C. Bowden, Paul S. Earle, Michelle Guy
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia (INGV) 2011-06-01
Series:Annals of Geophysics
Subjects:
Earthquake monitoring, Instruments and techniques, Data processing, Seismological data, Twitter, Social Media, General or miscellaneous
Online Access:http://www.annalsofgeophysics.eu/index.php/annals/article/view/5364

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http://www.annalsofgeophysics.eu/index.php/annals/article/view/5364

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