Earthquake into American social network hot topic mobile phone calls surge

Sina Science and technology news Beijing time, August 24 morning, in the United States Virginia State Tuesday earthquake, Verizon Telecom, At&t and Sprint Nextel three major operators have soared, social networking site activity has also increased. "The volume of Calls is high," says Peter Thonis, a Verizon telecoms spokesman Peter Sonnis. In some busy areas, it takes several times to get through. The duration is very short. As far as I know, fixed and wireless networks are not currently having problems. "The epicenter of the quake, located 40 miles (65 kilometers) northwest of Virginia State Richmond, is 5.8 on the Richter scale, the earthquake that Virginia State the highest magnitude in more than a century, and was felt in Washington and Boston," he said.　　Residents of the quake zone use mobile phones to deliver seismic conditions and use websites such as Facebook and Twitter to exchange information. Facebook said in a statement that some 3 million American users had mentioned the word "Earthquake" in their status updates after the quake.　　In Twitter, "#earthquake" has become one of the hottest topics. Scott Sloat, a sprint spokeswoman, said the company's network was Scott Slauter by a brief surge in calls after the quake, but the network was unaffected.　　However, he still encourages users to send text messages to get in touch with relatives and friends rather than direct calls. At&t also did not receive reports of damage to the network, but the company's spokesman, Mark Siegel, also said the company's "volume of calls has soared". (Si yuan)