Friday

Venezuela earthquake

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5.6 magnitude earthquake occurred in venezuela again on Friday. The earthquake occurred at 18:00 GMT. The earthquake was centered about 375 km east of the capital of Caracas, at a depth of 11.7 km, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. Initial reports indicate that the physical damage so far no casualties were reported. Enrique Maestre governor of eastern Sucre state venezuela said, "There's no sign of casualties or serious damage to buildings, and power supply down in some areas, but is recovering." Tremors of the earthquake was felt in the eastern state of Sucre and AnzoƔtegui. Venezuelan oil-rich country located on the same Caribbean tectonic plate, located in Haiti. No wonder it causes fear earthquakes as it appears in Haiti after the earthquake.

Twitter for Haiti,Information up Fundraising

Twitter contribution to world events again proved. This time Twitter instrumental in earthquakes that hit Haiti, Tuesday (12/1/2010) ago. From the latest information dissemination to the fundraising undertaken through the site attached to this blue bird symbol. It is certainly important for the outside world, especially the media and parties that will deliver relief aid. Moreover, note that the SR 7.0 magnitude earthquake has destroyed the communications network and electricity. Since the earthquake happened, Twitter was flooded with various status of the earthquake victims who told the local conditions, following a number of actual photographs. "What happened here is more severe than in the media. The people need help and none coming," wrote photographer Frederic in tweetnya Haitian, Twitter client or third-party applications from any image loader sold the Twitterer utilized. Call it TwitPic, Tweetphoto or PicFog. Everyone can see various photos from different sides of an earthquake that may have contained a big media.
Haiti topic itself has been inhabited since the incident trending topic position in Twitter. 'Help Haiti' and 'Haiti' to the well for the search-related news. Besides playing an important role in spreading the news, Twitter was also used to help raising funds. This was initiated by the hip-hop star Jean Wycleaf. Through her account, Wycleaf broadcast news for anyone who wants to donate funds to send SMS to Yele with 510 510 number. Those who send SMS will cut the cost of U.S. $ 5 for donated. Yele is a charitable foundation for Haiti. His website is addressed in Yele.org the traffic was have crashes due to a jump. Earthquake in Haiti is quite large. It is feared, this natural events take victims to the hundreds of thousands of lives.