Japan tsunami: How the news spread on Facebook

By Emil Protalinski March 15, 2011, 12:14 AM PDT

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Japan tsunami: How the news spread on Facebook

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.

See Emil Protalinski’s report, How news of Japan’s earthquake, tsunami spread on Facebook

ntMore users in Asia start to post on Facebook about the event.

ntMore users in Europe start to post on Facebook about the event.

ntThe few users in South America and Africa start to become more active.

ntThe number of status updates significantly increases on the East coast in North America.

ntThe number of status updates significantly increases in South America.

ntNorth America starts talking even more about Japan.

ntThe number of status updates significantly increases on the West coast in North America.

ntMinor 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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