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# Tweeting: the new speed of news
- URL: https://onemanandhisblog.com/2011/08/tweeting_the_new_speed_of_news/
- Published: 2011-08-30T14:13:01.000Z
- Updated: 2015-04-08T15:17:41.000Z
- Author: Adam Tinworth
- Tags: Journalism, news, news cycle, X (Twitter)

Can you tweet faster than an earthquake travels? Twitter thinks so:

Here’s Twitter traffic mentioning earthquakes in the 12 minutes after the quake:

I wonder how many news outlets had information up on their site within 12 minutes?