Powerful earthquake hit Balochistan

October 30th, 2008 by The Online Reporter

A powerful earthquake hit Balochistan and according to newspapers more then 210 people have been died and thousands are injured.
According to officials there were two tremors and three aftershocks which destroyed every thing, lots of villages have been completely destroyed and many homes were buried in a landslide triggered by the quake.
“There were two tremors, the second one was serious and people rushed out of their houses,” said resident Amjad Hussain. Quetta suffered almost complete destruction in an earthquake in 1935, with the death of about 30,000 people. More than 73,000 people were killed in an earthquake in north-west Pakistan in October 2005 and almost an equal number were seriously injured.