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"On Tuesday, a powerful 7.7 earthquake struck Balochistan, a province in Southwest Pakistan. People living as far as 700 miles away in New Delhi felt mild reverberations. Reports conflict as to the death toll. A government official says that 271 people in Pakistan lost their lives. Jan Muhammad Buledi, a government spokesperson, reports that at least 328 have perished. The calamity also injured hundreds and left many trapped under debris. &amp;quot;We have been busy in rescue efforts for the whole night and fear we will recover more dead bodies from under the rubble during the daylight,&amp;quot; says Abdul Rasheed Baluch, a local authority. &amp;quot;Around 90 percent of houses in the district have been destroyed. Almost all the mud houses have collapsed,&amp;quot; he added. Rescue groups had difficulty getting to the secluded region. The Pakistan army said that it was airlifting in roughly 1,000 soldiers to assist. After the disaster, a 30-foot high, 109 yard-long island appeared off the coast. Zahid Rafi, the head of the Geological Survey of Pakistan, says that scientists are looking into how it formed. &amp;quot;When such a strong earthquake builds pressure, there is the likelihood of such islands emerging,&amp;quot; he adds. &amp;quot;That big shock beneath the earth causes a lot of disturbance.&amp;quot; This isn&amp;#039;t the first earthquake of this magnitude to hit the region this year. This past April, a 7.8 quake in southeast Iran killed at least 35 people in neighboring Pakistan. Our thoughts are with the people affected by the tragedies. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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