Fast and furious: Strong quake hits Pakistan, at least 100 killed

A strong earthquake struck villages in southwestern Pakistan before dawn on Wednesday, October 29, killing at least 100 people, injuring scores more and destroying hundreds of homes, officials said.

The death toll was expected to rise as reports arrived from remote areas of Baluchistan province, an impoverished area bordering Afghanistan.

`It will be much more,` Sohail ur Rahman, a top civilian official in one of the affected districts, told Dawn News television.

China estimates 4,000 children orphaned in quake

Text: AP

Image: Map locating the epicentre of a 6.2-magnitude quake that struck southwestern Pakistan early Wednesday killing at least 100 people.

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