Several days ago, when the news about the earthquake that rocked Aceh spread, people turned to the Internet to find out what happened. Those of us who were outside the earthquake zone may simply want to know where and how big the earthquake occurred. Then tweet about it. But for those who are in the affected areas, information is every important and crucial. It might even make a difference in the matter of life and death.

Google is aware of people’s tendency to seek information about the disaster via the internet once the disaster occurs. Therefore, shortly after the earthquake, based on the data from Pacific Tsunami Warning Center, Google presented a crisis map on http://google.org/crisismap. This map contains a tsunami warning for coastal cities around the earthquake point.

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