International Business Times by Umberto Bacchi September 25, 2013
The death toll from a massive earthquake that struck southwestern Pakistan was still mounting as the first photographs of a new island created by the quake emerged.
The magnitude 7.7 quake that hit Baluchistan, Pakistan's largest but least populated province, killed at least 265 people, regional government spokesman Jan Mohammad Bulaidi said.
The epicentre was in a remote area 50km (30 miles) north of Awaran city, where many people live in mud-brick homes rather than concrete buildings.
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