Updated On: 24 September, 2013 11:18 PM IST | | Agencies
Eighty people were killed and about another 80 injured when a 7.7-magnitude earthquake hit southwestern Pakistan today, with officials saying more persons could be buried under the rubble of collapsed homes.
At least 80 people have been killed so far in the quake that struck Awaran district in Balochistan province, according to a spokesperson of Frontier Corps, Balochistan.
About 80 injured people, including women and children, were brought to the Civil Hospital in Khuzdar, a spokesman for the Balochistan government said.