Twitter Beats Gov't, Traditional Media And Geological Organizations To Break #Earthquake News

So maybe us East-coasters are a little pampered when it comes to natural phenomenon (thunderstorms freak many of us out), but the vast majority of us felt that 5.8 magnitude earthquake that shook Virginia and fanned out along the coast this afternoon.

Instead of turning to our local news or even the U.S. Geological Survey website, however, we did what we do best – we tweeted about it.

Minutes after I felt the tremors shake my desk at about 1:53pm ET, I grabbed my smartphone and tweeted (from the safety of a door frame) about the strangely shaking ground.

Incredulously,

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