At least 20 people were killed after the quake struck the country's Balochistan province, officials say.
At least 20 people have been killed after an earthquake struck Pakistan's Balochistan province early on Thursday, officials have told the BBC.
Authorities say the death toll may increase, and that many people were killed when structures collapsed.The US Geological Survey said it was a 5.9 magnitude quake that struck at a shallow depth of 9km. Shallow quakes can cause more damage. Rescue operations are still underway. Local officials told BBC Urdu that at least 150 others are thought to have been injured, with several of them rushed to hospital in critical condition.More than 100 mud houses have collapsed and a large number of buildings were damaged, leaving hundreds of people homeless, an official told the agency.Images on social media showed people in the provincial capital of Quetta out on the streets in the aftermath.
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