The news quickly spread to some parts of Asia, North America, and Europe. Facebook penetration in South America and Africa is noticeably lower. Although the actual map used is quite old and thus inaccurate (the Soviet Union was disbanded two decades ago), the data overlaid on top is quite interesting.
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See Emil Protalinski’s report, How news of Japan’s earthquake, tsunami spread on Facebook
\n\tMore users in Asia start to post on Facebook about the event.
\n\tMore users in Europe start to post on Facebook about the event.
\n\tThe few users in South America and Africa start to become more active.
\n\tThe number of status updates significantly increases on the East coast in North America.
\n\tThe number of status updates significantly increases in South America.
\n\tNorth America starts talking even more about Japan.
\n\tThe number of status updates significantly increases on the West coast in North America.
\n\tMinor changes in status updates.
Europe sees a huge increase. That’s all we have! You can thank the Facebook Data Team for these graphs.
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See Emil Protalinski’s report, How news of Japan’s earthquake, tsunami spread on Facebook \n\n
