When Tuesday's magnitude 5.4 earthquake hit Los Angeles, we headed over to Twitter and sent out a message asking folks if they felt the tremors. Within minutes, we received responses from several people, including DannyNP.

Thanks to his quick response, we were able to contact him and hear his story. DannyNP was later interviewed on CNN, CNN.com Live and CNN Headline News. Afterwards, he described the media mayhem in a video on iReport.com.

If you're on Twitter, be sure to follow CNNiReport. You could be the next iReporter who witnesses major news!

Posted by katie // 2 weeks ago
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We've posted a couple of times already about our obsession with Twitter, a micro-blogging service that asks for updates in 140 characters or less. iReport already sends out Twitter updates every time we post a new assignment, and a few hundred subscribers get the scoop first. But we're convinced (by this and this and this, to highlight just a few examples of newsy tweets) that there's more iReport could do with Twitter.

So let's give it a try, eh? If you're on Twitter and you spot news worth announcing in 140 characters or less, ping @cnnireport. We'll feature some of those posts here, and if they catch on, try to find a cool way to present them on iReport.com.

Posted by lila // 2 months ago
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Posted in: twitter, community