7.8 magnitude earthquake struck a region near the Iran-Pakistan border on Tuesday, killing 34 people in different parts of Pakistan’s southwestern Balochistan province.The worst-hit areas from the 7.8 magnitude quake were reported to be close to the Pakistan-Iran border.Officials confirmed that up to 34 people had died due to the earthquake, while 80 were reported to be injured in the Mashkel area of Balochistan’s Washuk district alone.Several hundred houses were also reported to have collapsed, raising fears of further casualties in the area. Dozens of shops and buildings have also been destroyed by the tremors.
According to the most recent reports, two Pakistan Army helicopters carrying medical teams and supplies have reached Mashkel, where personnel are now busy in relief and rescue
efforts.The epicenter was reported by the United States geological Survey to be in southeast Iran in an area of mountains and desert. It was located 201 km southeast of the Iranian city of Zahedan and 250 km northwest of Turbat in Pakistan, USGS said.Tremors were felt across several Pakistani cities, including Quetta, Pishin, Killa Abdullah, Chaghi, Sibi, Jaffarabad, Karachi, 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 Makran belt near Arabian Sea.Several part of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, including Peshawar and Dera Ismail Khan, and the Federally Administered Tribal Areas, also felt the jolts.Tremors from the earthquake were felt as far away as New Delhi and the Gulf cities of Dubai and Bahrain. Across the Gulf, high-rise buildings swayed and officials ordered evacuations.Meanwhile, there were conflicting reports regarding casualties in Iran.An Iranian provincial governor said there were no deaths in Iran due to the earthquake.“Fortunately, the earthquake resulted in no fatalities,” Hatam Narouyi, the governor of Sistan and Baluchistan where the 7.8 magnitude earthquake hit, told the ISNA agency.Iranian state television had earlier reported at least 40 people killed, but acknowledged it had no official confirmation.
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e measured 5.4 on the Richter scale and its epicenter was located 279 kilometers northeast of Kabul in Afghanistan, near the Tajikistan-Afghanistan border area, according to the United States Geological Survey.Earthquake jolts were felt across Afghanistan and northern areas of Pakistan including the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (Fata) on Thursday morning.The tremors were felt in many areas in the north of the country including the federal capital Islamabad, Rawalpindi, Abbottabad, Haripur, Kohat, Peshhawar, Charsadda, Malakand and Kashmir areas.Panic and fear struck the affected areas as people rushed out of their homes onto the streets.No damage or casualties were reported till the filing of this report.
The Bureau of Meteorology said and recorded the lowest temperature in the three degrees Celsius in the northern town of Syedpur.A cold wave that saw
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temperatures drop on Thursday to its lowest level in the history of post-independence Bangladesh, killing about 80 people, officials said.The Bureau of
Meteorology said and recorded the lowest temperature at three degrees Celsius (37.4 Fahrenheit) in the northern town of Syedpur and Red Crescent Societies
said hospitals were overwhelmed patients with respiratory diseases.He said Shah Alam, deputy head of the weather bureau, and the last time the temperature
has dropped to less than three degrees Celsius in February 1968, when Bangladesh was still part of Pakistan.The temperature is the lowest in the history of
Bangladesh.The Red Crescent Society said poor rural areas hardest hit was the largest number of people can not afford warm clothes or heating.They are not
ready to extreme weather like this. Could not be that many even go to work," said Assembly Secretary-General Abu Bakr.According to the reports of the
district offices and local administrations we have about 80 people died due to cold-related diseases such as pneumonia, respiratory problems, coughing,"
Baker added.Bangladesh, a tropical country, usually sees temperatures dropped to about 10 degrees Celsius at this time of year.The Bureau of Meteorology said
that it is expected that the temperature rises on Saturday.
