Major earthquake kills at least 238 and leaves thousands injured
Disaster zone: Survivors of an earthquake walk on rubble of a mud house after it collapsed following the quake in the town of Awaran in the southwestern Pakistani province of Baluchistan
Homeless: A survivor of an earthquake sits as he drinks tea on the rubble of a mud house after it collapsed in the 7.7-magnitude quake
Devastation: Baluchistan is Pakistan's largest province but also the least populated and most impoverished. Awaran district has about 300,000 residents
In Pakistani cities such as Karachi along the Arabian Sea and Quetta, the capital of Baluchistan province, people ran into the streets in fear, praying for their lives when the quake hit.
Local officials said they were sending doctors, food and 1,000 tents for people who had nowhere to sleep as strong aftershocks continued to shake the region.
Most of the victims were killed when their houses collapsed. Pakistani television showed pictures of the area.
Walls of the mud brick houses had collapsed and people were gathered outside because they had no homes to sleep in.
Emergency response: Local officials said they were sending doctors, food and 1,000 tents for people who had nowhere to sleep as strong aftershocks continued to shake the region
Terrified: In Pakistani cities people ran into the streets in fear, praying for their lives when the quake hit
Powerful: The quake was felt as far away as New Delhi, the Indian capital, some 1,200 kilometers (about 740 miles) away, but no damage or injuries were immediately reported there
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