On April 25, a 7.9 magnitude earthquake hit Nepal with tremors an aftershocks killing over 5000 people. According to a report in the Wired, the combine efforts from digital volunteers across the world have helped map the quake affected ares in Nepal in just 48 hours. The numbers of degital volunteers rapidly increased to over 2,182 and together helped with 14,700 km2 worth of high resolution satellite imagery, helping identity over 3`128 damages buildings.
The Wired report reveals that first one hour Colorado-Based Digital Globe instructed its new model orbiting at 617 km above Earth, the World View - 3 satelite, to capture the region.
Meanwhile, the International Federation of Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) started initiating the "surge desk", and also started requesting its internationl terms to help.
Moreover, over seven million people in Nepal used Facebook to reach out to over 150 million friends and family members across the globe after last week`s devastating earthquake, a company official said MarkZuckberg said: "We activated 'safety check' andmore than 7 million people in the area have been marked as safe. Facebook gave pepole theoption to support local relief efforts and in just two days, more than $10 million to support the relief effort. "Facebook will donate an additional $2 million to local recovery efforts to help tjose in affected ares," it added
