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| Strong earthquake hits Pakistan | Strong earthquake hits Pakistan |
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| A earthquake of magnitude 6.2 has hit Balochistan province in south-western Pakistan, with at least 27 people reported dead. | |
| It struck 70km (45 miles) north of Quetta at 0409 local time (2309GMT Tuesday) at a depth of 10km, the US Geological Survey said. | It struck 70km (45 miles) north of Quetta at 0409 local time (2309GMT Tuesday) at a depth of 10km, the US Geological Survey said. |
| Dilawar Khan, mayor of the town of Ziarat, said two areas in his district had been "badly hit". | |
| Deaths have also been reported in Pishin district. | |
| Local officials quoted by Reuters news agency said that 40 people had received treatment for minor injuries, mostly caused when mud walls collapsed or in the ensuing panic. | Local officials quoted by Reuters news agency said that 40 people had received treatment for minor injuries, mostly caused when mud walls collapsed or in the ensuing panic. |
| Mr Khan said that 14 people had been killed in one area of Ziarat, and 11 in another, with two deaths reported in Pishin. | |
| "There were two tremors, the second one was serious and people rushed out of their houses," said Amjad Hussain, a resident of Quetta. | "There were two tremors, the second one was serious and people rushed out of their houses," said Amjad Hussain, a resident of Quetta. |
| Quetta itself suffered almost complete destruction with the dead of about 30,000 in an earthquake in 1935. | Quetta itself suffered almost complete destruction with the dead of about 30,000 in an earthquake in 1935. |