PAKISTANI EARTHQUAKE: Comparing BNO News to other outlets

• Last Wednesday, a major earthquake with a magnitude of 6.4 struck near Quetta, Pakistan and hundreds of people died. BNO News brought the news before any other major news outlet, even before local media. This post will show more insight in the speed of BNO News versus other news agencies, as observed by us. Do you know a news agency which reported it earlier? Please let us know. All times mentioned are in Eastern time.
• 7: 09:57 pm: Magnitude 6.4 earthquake strikes 43 miles from Quetta, Pakistan. (time of earthquake)
• 7.22 pm: The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center is reporting a 6.5 magnitude earthquake in Pakistan.
• 7.23 pm: "MAJOR EARTHQUAKE HITS PAKISTAN. DETAILS SOON.", BNO News reports (through BreakingNewsOn).
• 7.24 pm: "PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER REPORTS EARTHQUAKE WITH PRELIMINARY 6.5 MAGNITUDE HITS NEAR QUETTA, PAKISTAN. DETAILS SOON.", BNO News reports.
• 7.25 pm: The United States Geological Survey is reporting a magnitude 6.2 magnitude earthquake in Pakistan.
• 7.25 pm: Local television in Pakistan, as observed by BNO News, is still not reporting the earthquake. They are, however, reporting an earlier moderate earthquake in Pakistan which struck the hour before.
• 7.29 pm: "A strong earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.2 has struck 43 miles from Quetta, Pakistan; no word on damage or casualties - USGS.", BNO News reports.
• 7.29 pm: "QUETTA: LARGE TREMOR JOLTS THE CITY", a news alert reads on a Pakistani english language news channel called Dawn News.
• 7.30 pm: "A large tremor has "jolted" the Pakistani city of Quetta, according to local television reports; no word on damage," BNO News reports.
• 7.42 pm: "EARTHQUAKE OF 6.2 MAGNITUDE HITS PAKISTAN, 70 KM NORTHEAST OF QUETTA - USGS (BULLETIN)", a breaking news report on the Reuters news wire reads.
• 7.46 pm: "REUTERS: AN EARTHQUAKE OF 6.2 MAGNITUDE HITS 70KM NORTHEAST OF QUETTA IN PAKISTAN", the British 24-hour news channel Sky News is reporting in a breaking news ticker on screen.
• 7.46 pm: Dawn News TV in Pakistan is reporting there are no immediate reports of damage or casualties from this earthquake.
• 7.48 pm: "No immediate reports of damage or casualties after major earthquake jolts Pakistan, government sources tell Dawn News TV," BNO News reports.
• 7.56 pm: "ISLAMABAD: MAGNITUDE OF EARTHQUAKE WAS 6.2 - U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY", a news alert in the news ticker of Dawn News TV reads.
• 7.58 pm: The Reuters news agency runs its first story on the earthquake which says there was no damage immediately reported.
• 8.10pm: BBC World News is reporting, as breaking news, that a magnitude 6.2 earthquake has struck Pakistan.
• 8.13 pm: "Reports of damage, multiple injuries after magnitude 6.2 earthquake jolts Quetta, Pakistan - local television", BNO News reports.
• 8.21 pm: "INJURIES, NUMEROUS HOMES COLLAPSE AFTER MAJOR EARTHQUAKE JOLTS PAKISTAN. DETAILS SOON.", BNO News reports.
• 8.24 pm: CNN International interrupts its program and is reporting the earthquake in Pakistan as breaking news (while first official word emerged 1 hour ago). Their report also says there is no damage.
• 8.30 pm: "At least 15 people injured, "many" homes collapse after magnitude 6.2 to 6.5 earthquake jolts Pakistani city of Queeta - local media.", BNO News reports per several media outlets in Pakistan.
• 8.37 pm: "Homes have reportedly collapsed in Pakistan's Ziarat District near Quetta; fatalities feared, officials tell local television.", BNO News reports per several Pakistani media outlets.
• 8.43 pm: "At least one person killed, up to 15 injured after major earthquake brings down homes in Pakistan," BNO News reports.
• 9.25 pm: "USGS revises Pakistani earthquake magnitude to 6.4; Reuters news agency reporting at least 4 dead, 15 injured," BNO News reports.
• 9.49 pm: "Six killed in Pakistani earthquake; 40 injured," the Reuters news agency is reporting.
• 9.56 pm: "Death toll from Pakistani earthquake rises to at least 14 with 16 critically injured, according to a local newspaper," BNO News reports.
• 10.15 pm: CNN International, while broadcasting live programming from its sister network CNN USA, replaces its news ticker by a yellow breaking news ticker to update on the earthquake. CNN International is now reporting 15 dead.
• 10.29 pm: "Government officials tell the Reuters news agency that the death toll from Pakistan's 6.4 magnitude earthquake has risen to at least 27.," BNO News.
• 10.35 pm: "The death toll of Balochistan quake has reached to 32 on Wednesday," the website of a local newspaper reads.
• 10.41 pm: Three hours and 20 minutes after an official tsunami warning center, followed later by a major international earthquake center, put out word that a major earthquake had struck Pakistan, the Associated Press is issuing a so-called "APNewsAlert" (breaking news bulletin). It reads: "Official says a 6.1 earthquake has shaken southwestern Pakistan, no word on damage." Note that major news agencies were already reporting deaths and major damage.
• 10.46 pm: Five minutes after its initial alert, a second APNewsAlert follows, with some more accurate details: "A local official says 16 have been killed in a strong earthquake in Southwest Pakistan".
• As the evening continued, the death toll continued to rise and it became clear many people had lost their lives in this earthquake. While, in the end, international media led in bringing details of the destruction, they failed to report it as soon as possible. After BNO News (who brought the earthquake report within a minute after it was released by an earthquake center), Reuters did a good job in bringing the news. The Associated Press had a major failure as it took them 3 hours and 20 minutes to alert its members to a significant earthquake which in the end killed up hundreds.