After the quake came the blast: Inside Japan's shopping mall disaster
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- Velocity & Diffusion: Coverage escalated across 6 distinct news outlets with 6 published articles, achieving a live velocity of 4.
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"After the quake came the blast: Inside Japan's shopping mall disaster" is generating significant coverage in the World category, with 4 articles from 4 distinct sources tracked by Newsylist so far.
Outlets currently covering the story include Car and Driver, Yahoo, WRAL and KIRO 7 News Seattle. Newsylist measures a story's velocity from how quickly new articles appear and how many independent newsrooms join the coverage.
Synthesized from multi-source international reporting and live coverage telemetry under Newsylist open intelligence methodology.
Synthesized under Newsylist open intelligence methodology from multi-source international newsroom telemetry. Updated 62d ago.
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VIDEO: Damage left behind after earthquake in Japan KIRO 7 News Seattle · 62d ago broke it first
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Why is "After the quake came the blast: Inside Japan's shopping mall disaster" trending?
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