X

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.
By Emil Protalinski, Contributor
6201630.jpg
1 of 10 Emil Protalinski/ZDNET
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

6201632.jpg
2 of 10 Emil Protalinski/ZDNET

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

6201633.jpg
3 of 10 Emil Protalinski/ZDNET

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

6201634.jpg
4 of 10 Emil Protalinski/ZDNET

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

6201635.jpg
5 of 10 Emil Protalinski/ZDNET

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

6201636.jpg
6 of 10 Emil Protalinski/ZDNET

The number of status updates significantly increases in South America.

6201637.jpg
7 of 10 Emil Protalinski/ZDNET

North America starts talking even more about Japan.

6201638.jpg
8 of 10 Emil Protalinski/ZDNET

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

6201639.jpg
9 of 10 Emil Protalinski/ZDNET

Minor changes in status updates.

6201631.jpg
10 of 10 Emil Protalinski/ZDNET
Europe sees a huge increase. That's all we have! You can thank the Facebook Data Team for these graphs.

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

Related Galleries

Holiday wallpaper for your phone: Christmas, Hanukkah, New Year's, and winter scenes
Holiday lights in Central Park background

Related Galleries

Holiday wallpaper for your phone: Christmas, Hanukkah, New Year's, and winter scenes

21 Photos
Winter backgrounds for your next virtual meeting
Wooden lodge in pine forest with heavy snow reflection on Lake O'hara at Yoho national park

Related Galleries

Winter backgrounds for your next virtual meeting

21 Photos
Holiday backgrounds for Zoom: Christmas cheer, New Year's Eve, Hanukkah and winter scenes
3D Rendering Christmas interior

Related Galleries

Holiday backgrounds for Zoom: Christmas cheer, New Year's Eve, Hanukkah and winter scenes

21 Photos
Hyundai Ioniq 5 and Kia EV6: Electric vehicle extravaganza
img-8825

Related Galleries

Hyundai Ioniq 5 and Kia EV6: Electric vehicle extravaganza

26 Photos
A weekend with Google's Chrome OS Flex
img-9792-2

Related Galleries

A weekend with Google's Chrome OS Flex

22 Photos
Cybersecurity flaws, customer experiences, smartphone losses, and more: ZDNet's research roundup
shutterstock-1024665187.jpg

Related Galleries

Cybersecurity flaws, customer experiences, smartphone losses, and more: ZDNet's research roundup

8 Photos
Inside a fake $20 '16TB external M.2 SSD'
Full of promises!

Related Galleries

Inside a fake $20 '16TB external M.2 SSD'

8 Photos