USGS Monitoring Twitter for Earthquake Details

The U.S. Geological Survey is monitoring Twitter for earthquake info? What do you think? Good idea? Bad idea? Or is this just a way of not getting in trouble with your boss when he catches you using Twitter on the clock at your government job?

There is usually a lag between when an earthquake strikes and when researchers can analyze the data that floods in from seismic stations. During that gap, scientists combing through hundreds of tweets can get an initial picture of where the shaking was felt and areas of potential damage.

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