Twitter as the ultimate source for breaking news... - Jerry Chacon

I hope that they're false! - directeur

6.9 magnitude http://earthquake.usgs.gov/eqcente... - AJ Kohn

Major news outlets are carrying it. - Greg from twhirl

Major news outlets are carrying it. Except CNN. Fox news, Reuters, etc... - Greg from twhirl

Wow that's cool. Upto date information provided by Twitter. - Nick Defina

Reuters has it here: http://www.reuters.com/article... - Greg from twhirl

Odd that its not breaking on TV. Lots of coverage of Tim Russerts passing at the moment. Fox News had a two second blurb about the earthquake. Thats where I first heard it. - Greg from twhirl

The Epicenter was in Iwate-Ken. 6 on the ground there which is strong. Felt quite strongly here in Yokosuka, south of Tokyo but nothing too out of the ordinary. The TV stations have, as usual, broken regular coverage to give updates about perceived magnitude in the surrounding areas and pictures from cameras around the area. No damage or injuries are reported yet. - Stuart Woodward

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/eqcente... USGS info on quake. - Robert Scoble

Twitter, the ultimate source for fast news - as bad as they might be :( Hope for the best! - Holger Eilhard

Mahalo already has a page: http://www.mahalo.com/Japan_E... - Robert Scoble

Summize (shows anyone on Twitter talking about earthquake) on search for "Earthquake:" http://summize.com/search... - Robert Scoble

Summize (shows anyone talking about "Japan" on Twitter): http://summize.com/search... - Robert Scoble

2 minutes after you posted "seeing a ton of Tweets about earthquake in Japan", Twitter died! - Brian Henderson

Brian: ahh, that explains why fewer messages are coming through IM right now. It still seems somewhat up. - Robert Scoble

Japanese TV is talking to people at the local government office near the epicenter and there are no reports of any injuries though a water pipe has broken.. several aftershocks have been felt. TV is showing live pictures from a helicopter and it is a very rural area, no signs of damage at all. - Stuart Woodward

I just saw the news on CNN - Alejandro

Brief story posted to cnn.com six minutes ago... http://www.cnn.com/2008... - Spam

There more earthquakes in Japan than days of a week. Unless it is big like Kobe, do not report it. - Igor The Troll

The TV coverage is now showing a few rural roads blocked by landslides. A few Isolated injuries are reported, traffic accidents, broken legs due to falls, people cut by glass. etc. - Stuart Woodward

It is fascinating to see the internet micro-blogger at work. Faster than a speeding bulletin. - Mindy Koch

we noticed the twitter activity as well and started a "guide" the quake: http://mahalo.com/Japan_E... - Jason Calacanis

I've got a few quake links at the top of this page (it's one of my old legacy things) USGS confirming 6.8 ... http://www.behindtheweather.com - Charlie Anzman

godzilla! - NoahDavidSimon

Homer simpson!!!! - Robert O'Callaghan

sad. I still can't over the China one... - Orli Yakuel

5 dead, more missing. http://tinyurl.com/56nm9j - David Sim