http://www.thestandard.com/node/110825/comments comments feed. en http://www.thestandard.com/news/2008/07/29/picture-internet-told-me-there-was-earthquake <!--paging_filter--><p><!--paging_filter--> <p><!--paging_filter--> </p> <p>There's nothing like the Internet to warn us of significant events. At 11:42:15 AM PDT, a 5.8 magnitude earthquake struck two miles southwest of Chino Hills, CA, just outside Los Angeles. Almost immediately, the Web swung into action.</p> <p><center>-----</center> <p>My <a href="http://fark.com">FARK.com</a> news alert emails went nutty:</p> <p><img src="/sites/thestandard.com/files/u2482/farkquakenewsflash.jpg" height="436" width="605" /></p> <p><center>-----</center> <p>Biz Stone <a href="http://twitter.com/biz/statuses/871853080">notes the first earthquake tweet</a>. Here's the reaction from my Twitter feed:</p> <p><center><img src="/sites/thestandard.com/files/u2482/twitterquake.jpg" height="605" width="542" /></center><center>----- </center> <p>And, of course, the <a href="http://earthquake.usgs.gov/eqcenter/recenteqsus/Maps/US2/33.35.-119.-117_eqs.php">United States Geological Survey</a>:</p> <p><img src="/sites/thestandard.com/files/u2482/usgsquake.jpg" height="332" width="605" /></p> http://www.thestandard.com/news/2008/07/29/picture-internet-told-me-there-was-earthquake#comments co:FARK co:Twitter co:USGS Lifestyle The Industry Standard Tue, 29 Jul 2008 15:20:49 -0400 Jordan Golson 110825 at http://www.thestandard.com