Earthquake created Small Island in Pakistan! / VIDEO

The authorities declared a state of emergency in southwestern Baluchistan Province, where the earthquake struck. It had a magnitude of 7.7, according to the United States Geological Survey.

Initial rescue efforts were focused on the Khuzdar and Awaran districts in the west of the province, where most of the fatalities were thought to have occurred after hundreds of mud-walled homes collapsed.

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — A powerful earthquake killed at least 39 people when it struck a remote area of western Pakistan on Tuesday afternoon, according to Pakistani government officials who have warned that the death toll will probably increase...read more