Around 100 people have been killed in an Earthquake of 6.4 magnitude that rocked western Pakistan near the border with Afghanistan on Wednesday. The earthquake struck around 45 miles from the city of Quetta at around 4 a.m. Around 500 houses had been destroyed in this quake.

The deaths occurred in the hilly town of Ziarat in gas-rich Baluchistan province. The quake sent people running screaming from their homes in Quetta & several were injured in the panic.