Around 40 people have been killed and over 300 injured in a 7.8 magnitude earthquake that rattled Iran and Pakistan on Tuesday, an official with National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) told media.
The center of the earthquake was 83km East of mountainous area of Khash near Pakistan- Iran border according to U.S. Geological Survey.
Northern parts of India felt also felt the shivers but no damage has been recorded.
Irshad Bhatti, spokesman of NDMA, said that all the causalities took place in Mashkel area of Washuk district in the Pakistan's southwestern province of Balochistan.
"The rescue teams have confirmed that 40 people have been killed and over 300 others injured and it is possible that the number of causalities could further rise as many people are still buried under debris," said Bhatti.
Pakistan Army is carrying out the rescue work and it has already sent the 62 Wing of Frontier Corps Balochistan and army troops along with teams of doctors and paramedical staff to the earthquake-hit areas of Mashkel.
Army teams also airlifted by helicopters food items, tents and medicine to the quake-hit areas.
Inter Services Public Relations (ISPR), Pakistani army's spokesman, told media that two helicopters were taking part in the operation and had already lifted several injured from the affected areas and shifted them to the hospitals in the Washuk, Khuzdar and Quetta districts of the province.
Media reported that over 1,000 houses in the earthquake-hit areas, which are home to over 35,000 people, were destroyed in the earthquake.
(with inputs from IANS)
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