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The country’s foremost seismic-monitoring service, Twitter, has confirmed an earthquake in the

Published 7:00 am Tuesday, August 23, 2011

The country’s foremost seismic-monitoring service, Twitter, has confirmed an earthquake in the Richmond, Virginia, and Washington, D.C., area. Residents are hereby advised to take whatever advice they’re given, as long as it comes in Tweet form.KIRO 7 reports:

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Twitter appears to confirm D.C./Virginia earthquake: http://t.co/2yMtW15less than a minute ago via TweetDeck

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Then again, if Twitter is too formal, one can always turn to the second most reliable source for accurate earthquake information, the U.S. Geological Survey.Maybe KIRO just hired Rick Sanchez. . . UPDATE: John McKinley posts this picture of the D.C. earthquake’s devastation.Follow The Daily Weekly on Facebook and Twitter.

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