Around 2:46pm on March 11 (JST), a very strong earthquake struck near Sanriku-Oki off the coast of Japan, and resulted in devastation across large areas centered around the Northeastern areas of Japan. For those who have been hit by this tragedy, we express our sincere concern.
At Twitter, we feel that it is part of our duty to do whatever we can, no matter how little, to support those during times of need like this. With that, we are looking for ways to support in any way possible people who have suffered in this earthquake.
We’ve been creating and gathering the following tools and tips to help you use Twitter to get information, and to communicate broadly to family, friends and others.
We plan to update this page on an ongoing basis.
Twitter mobile website for Japanese mobile phones
Our mobile website twtr.jp now has a special section that gathers the latest earthquake information. Access it via
the special link towards the top of the page once you have logged in. It provides tweets about the earthquake, special search results links and suggested account to follow.