Aim of this article, is to present a methodology for extracting macroseismic intensity information and producing seismic intensity maps from VGI (volunteered geographic information). As a VGI source for obtaining and assessing macroseismic observations, the authors chose twitter. Our methodology is validated in two recent earthquakes occurred in Greece: the January 26, 2014 ML = 5.8 in Kefallinia, and the November 17, 2014 ML = 5.2 in Evoikos. Twitter data published within the first 6 h, 12 h, 24 h and 48 h after the earthquake occurrence were analyzed to develop seismic intensity maps. Those maps were evaluated through intensity maps for the same earthquakes, published by international institutes. Evaluation results provide a strong empiric evidence for the credibility of our methodology, the accuracy of the produced seismic intensity maps and accentuate VGI, generated by twitter, as an adequate alternative source for collecting macroseismic information.
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