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How to Follow the Japanese Earthquake on the Web
ByA guide to news and information resources from across the Internet that will help you stay on top of this developing story.
A massive 8.9 earthquake struck about 80 miles off the coast of Japan, wreaking havoc on one of the world's most disaster-prepared countries and generating a devastating tsunami.
As in recent natural disasters, traditional news organizations, one-off sites, and Internet crisis agencies have swung into action. This is your guide for where to find information and resources about the 10th-largest quake since 1900.
News Resources
- AP summary
- BBC liveblog
- Live streaming translation of Japanese news reports
- Wikipedia page for the Sendai quake
- Japanese New York Times' commenters write about the quake
- NPR Facebook page about the disaster
- CNN Video
- @earthquake_japan [updates in Japanese]
- The Atlantic's In Focus photo blog
- The Atlantic Wire liveblog
- Mostly English Twitter hashtags: #japanquake, #jpquake, #earthquake, #Japan, #tsunami, #hitsunami
- Mostly Japanese Twitter hashtags: #saigai, #eqjp
- Columbia journalism professor Sree Sreenivasan's link aggregation
General Resources
Resources for People in Japan
- Google Person Finder: a pop-up message board to post and find information about people missing. Almost 7000 records have been entered into the database.
- Global Voices' bloggers on the ground in Japan
- NTT Disaster voicemail service
- Japanese Fire and Disaster Management Agency
Resources for the Pacific
- Pacific Tsunami Warning Center
- Tsunami travel time map
- @HawaiiNewsNow
- HITsunami.com
- Live cam at Ocean Beach in San Francisco by Mat Honan
- Inundation map for the Bay Area [PDF]
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