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A 6.8-magnitude earthquake has struck south-west Pakistan, in a region where at least 400 people died in a quake earlier this week.A 6.8-magnitude earthquake has struck south-west Pakistan, in a region where at least 400 people died in a quake earlier this week.
There were no initial reports of casualties from the quake, centred in the remote province of Balochistan. Reports said the quake hit remote Awaran district, killing at least four people and burying others under rubble.
Reports said already damaged buildings collapsed in the new tremor which sent people running into the streets. An official told Pakistan television that communications already damaged by last Tuesday's quake had been cut off.
Efforts to help thousands left homeless by last Tuesday's quake have struggled against poor roads and separatists. Efforts to help thousands left homeless by the first earthquake have struggled against poor roads and separatists.
Local media reported that the quake affected Balochistan and Sindh regions and was also felt in Quetta, close to Pakistan's border with Afghanistan, and Karachi. The US Geological Survey said Saturday's tremor measured 6.8 magnitude and could be felt across Balochistan province.
Pakistan's Meteorological Department measured the quake at 7.2 magnitude. Pakistan's Meteorological Department classed it as an aftershock measuring 7.2 magnitude.
Chief Pakistani meteorologist Arif Mahmood told Pakistani television that it was an aftershock from this week's earthquake and similar tremors could continue for weeks, Associated Press reported. Abdul Rasheed Baloch, the deputy commissioner of Awaran district, told Pakistani television that one village, Nokjo, had suffered damage to most of its buildings, leaving people trapped under debris.
"We are checking but no reports of losses have yet been received," Jan Mohammad Buledi, a spokesman for the provincial government of Balochistan told AFP. "The telephone system has been damaged and we are not able to talk to someone and find out the exact information about the losses... but we have reports of severe losses in that area," he said, according to Associated Press.
An Agence France-Presse reporter in Awaran said hundreds of patients being treated after the last quake fled a hospital in panic as the latest tremor struck.
Officials have estimated that about 300,000 people were affected by the earlier, 7.7 magnitude quake which levelled mud and homemade brick homes, injuring hundreds.Officials have estimated that about 300,000 people were affected by the earlier, 7.7 magnitude quake which levelled mud and homemade brick homes, injuring hundreds.
Many have survivors have been sleeping in the open air or in tents. Many survivors have been sleeping in the open air or in tents.
Abdur Rasheed, the deputy commissioner of Awaran district where both quakes were centred, told AP that the latest seismic activity caused further damage to structures already affected.
Rescue and relief efforts after the earlier quake have been hampered by the region's poor road network.Rescue and relief efforts after the earlier quake have been hampered by the region's poor road network.
Officials have appealed to separatist military groups operating in the area following attacks on army units involved in providing assistance.Officials have appealed to separatist military groups operating in the area following attacks on army units involved in providing assistance.
Pakistan's official paramilitary force, the Frontier Corps, has been leading rescue and relief operations.Pakistan's official paramilitary force, the Frontier Corps, has been leading rescue and relief operations.
It already had thousands of soldiers deployed in the area because it is fighting a long-running separatist insurgency by Baloch nationalist rebels.It already had thousands of soldiers deployed in the area because it is fighting a long-running separatist insurgency by Baloch nationalist rebels.
The violent force of Tuesday's 7.7-magnitude quake caused the creation of a new 200m (656ft) long island off the coast of Pakistan near the port of Gwadar.The violent force of Tuesday's 7.7-magnitude quake caused the creation of a new 200m (656ft) long island off the coast of Pakistan near the port of Gwadar.