Pakistan Earthquake

Earthquake of magnitude 5.5 jolts Pakistan, no loss to life or property

A moderate earthquake with a magnitude of 5.5 struck Pakistan on Saturday, including its capital, but no loss to life or property has been reported so far.

Pakistan earthquake victims battle freezing temperatures as they wait desperately for help

Rescuers said Thursday they believed they have reached most of those affected by the powerful earthquake that ripped across Pakistan this week, but thousands of desperate survivors now face a race to rebuild with winter fast approaching.

Havoc in Pakistan and Afghanistan as earthquake death toll rises to 311

Officials say rescuers are struggling to reach quake-stricken regions in Pakistan and Afghanistan as the combined death toll from the previous day's earthquake rose to 311.

Pakistan: Militants fire rockets at quake relief helicopter

Two rockets fired by militants in Pakistan's quake-struck region narrowly missed a government relief helicopter on Thursday as survivors complained that aid was not reaching far-flung areas and the harrowing death toll climbed to 348.

Pakistan earthquake: Survivors battle hunger, disease

Survivors built makeshift shelters with sticks and bedsheets after their mud houses were flattened in an earthquake that killed 348 people in southwestern Pakistan and pushed a new island up out of the Arabian Sea.

New island formed due to Pakistan quake might not last

Alongside the carnage of Pakistan's massive earthquake came a new creation: a small island of mud, stone and bubbling gas pushed forth from the seabed.

Photos: Pakistan earthquake throws up an island in the sea

Pakistan's massive earthquake has thrown up a small island of mud and stone, probably formed by the tectonic movements of the earth during the 7.7-magnitude quake that hit Pakistan's Baluchistan province on Tuesday, killing at least 285 people. Here are pictures of the new island.

Pakistan earthquake Live: Over 271 dead, army begins rescue ops

The death toll in the devastating earthquake that struck havoc in Pakistan's southwestern Balochistan province could be 238, amid fears that it is likely to go up.

Pak earthquake death toll rises to 271, thousands left homeless

At least 446 people were also injured in the quake, said the head of the National Disaster Management Authority, Maj Gen Muhammad Saeed Aleem, who also gave the latest death toll.

Pakistan earthquake death toll mounts to 238

Jan Mohammad Buledi, spokesman of the Balochistan provincial government, on Wednesday confirmed the toll, Geo News reported.