Twittering from Mexicali

A few minutes after the 7.2 earthquake that hit the Mexicali area, there were people twittering pictures of the damage. It was real impressive how quick people were sending the pictures to the web. When I clicked on the Google trend link about the earthquake, I could see real time tweets about the earthquake. Once again, just like in Chile, it was Twitter the first at the scene. ABC local was using those same pictures (from Twitter) on its live coverage. While NBC and Telemundo were sending a reporter to the border (Calexico), those pictures were already telling the story. Once again, it's changing how stations are covering and will cover breaking news. How? I don't know, but the technology is way faster than any TV network or station.