Powerful earthquake in Pakistan's Quetta district kills 20 people

 

"We have received information that 20 people have been killed in this powerful earthquake," Balochistan Home Minister Mir Jia Ullah Langou said. Senior provincial officer Suhail Anwar said the incident involved a woman and six children and more than 200 were injured..

Islamabad: At least 20 people were killed and over 200 injured in a massive earthquake in the Harnai area of ​​Quetta district of southern Pakistan on Thursday.

The disaster struck early today morning in the Harnai area of ​​Pakistan's Quetta district. More than 20 people have died as a result of the earthquake, the roof of the house has collapsed. The magnitude 5.7 earthquake on the Richter scale has left more than 200 people dead.

"We have received information that 20 people have been killed in this powerful earthquake," Balochistan Home Minister Mir Jia Ullah Langou said. Senior provincial officer Suhail Anwar said the incident involved a woman and six children and more than 200 were injured.

The quake has a magnitude of 5.7 on the Richter scale. At about 3am, the earth quake at a depth of about 20 km. It is understood that the land tremors have also been experienced in Quetta, the capital of Balochistan.