Over 100 people expected have been killed in Iran and 40 in Pakistan after a 7.8 magnitude earthquake struck Iran’s southeastern province of Sistan and Baluchestan near the border with Pakistan.
Three women and two children were killed when their mud house collapsed in the district of Panjgur in the Pakistani province of Balochistan, according to government officials from the area.
The Iranian Seismological Center (IRSC) said the epicenter of the quake, which occurred at 15:14 local time at a depth of 18 kilometers on Tuesday, was situated 95 kilometers north of the city of Saravan.
The quake, unprecedented in the past 40 years, prompted officials to declare a state of emergency in the region.
Assessment and evaluation teams as well as rescue teams from the Iranian Red Crescent Society have been dispatched to the quake-stricken area, which is a sparsely populated rural area between the provincial cities of Saravan and Khash.
The tremor was powerful enough to be felt as far away as New Delhi, India, where it rocked tall buildings. It was also felt in the Persian Gulf’s littoral states of Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates.
In Pakistan tremors were felt in several cities, including Quetta, Pishin, Killa Abdullah, Chaghi, Sibi, Jaffarabad, Karachi, Sukkur, Hyderabad, Quetta, Badin, Islamabad, and Rawalpindi.
According to reports, the earthquake shook areas from Quetta to Pak-Iran Border Taftan and Pak-Afghan border Chaman. And Mekran belt near Arabian Sea.
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