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At least twenty people were killed, including several children, and more than 150 were injured in an earthquake measuring 5.9 struck southwestern Pakistan on Thursday as rescue efforts continue. The 5.9-magnitude earthquake occurred around 03:30 (22.30 GMT on Wednesday) near the city of Harnai, in Balochistan province, at a depth of 9 kilometers, the United States Geological Center (USGS) reported. Read also:  Pandora Papers "In the earthquake 20 people died, including children, and more than 150 were injured," Balochistan Interior Minister Mir Ziaullah Langau told EFE, noting that the earthquake occurred when people were sleeping, which increased the magnitude of the catastrophe. Rescue services are trying to locate survivors under the rubble of houses and walls and "a state of emergency has been imposed in the Harnai district", including an emergency call to hospital staff, Langau explained. "I think there will be more deaths than the number we have so far,...

A magnitude 7.0 earthquake shook Turkey, killing at least ten people and injuring dozens more. According to media reports, the quake hit the Turkish city of Izmir with a magnitude of 7.0 on the rector scale. According to the foreign news agency, the quake had a depth of 16.5 km and was felt on the west coast of Turkey. The tremors were also felt in Bulgaria and Greece. According to the British news agency, there are fears of deaths due to the earthquake, Turkey and Greece are on the fault line where earthquakes often occur. According to the Turkish news agency Anatolia, the governor of Istanbul said that the tremors were also felt in Istanbul. According to Turkish media, several people are still missing after the earthquake in Turkey, while Turkey and Greece have agreed to help each other in difficult times. Turkey's health minister wrote on the social networking site Twitter that four people were killed and 120 were injured in the incident. Our rescue teams have begun rehabilitati...