Nearly 250 people were injured by earthquakes in Pakistan

Pakistani officials say at least 45 people have been killed and 200 injured in a 7.7-magnitude earthquake that shook the southern province of Balochistan in the afternoon of September 24.

More than 30% of houses in poor district of Awaran were destroyed.(Photo: nbcnews.com)

Brigadier General Wajid, in charge of the Earthquake Reconstruction and Recovery Agency, said many people are still trapped in the ruins of collapsed houses and rescue teams and the army are conducting rescue operations. . More than 30% of houses in poor district of Awaran were destroyed.

The earthquake was so strong that the seabed rose and created a small island 600m away from Pakistan's Gwadar coast in the Arabian Sea.

Earlier, the US Geological Survey (USGS) issued a red alert and warned of serious casualties from this terrifying earthquake.