At least 12 dead in powerful new Pakistan earthquake: officials

AWARAN, Pakistan, Sept 28: A powerful 6.8-magnitude earthquake hit southwest Pakistan on Saturday, killing at least 12 people in a region already devastated by a tremor which left more than 300 people dead this week, local officials said.



"At least 12 people have died and seven were wounded," Abdul Latif Kakar, head of the provincial disaster management agency told AFP. [break]



Officials fear the death toll in Saturday´s quake in Awaran, the poorest district in the southwest province of Baluchistan, could rise.

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