A powerful Earthquake of Magnitude 7.8 has struck Iran with its epicentre located in the desert away from population centres. However, there was still significant shaking felt at nearby Khash and Saravan. It was the most powerful earthquake for nearly 40 years and the tremor was felt as far away as India, Pakistan and the Middle East.
Official numbers of injuries and deaths are sketchy but it is thought that there would be many and it appears to have killed 30 people in Pakistan.
Iran's Red Crescent said it expected limited damage and a low death toll
because the earthquake was so deep at a depth of 95km and that there were no significant populated areas in the worst hit areas. Villages close to the epicentre are only small and people live in tents and mudhuts.
This was the first major earthquake of the year, of which there are normally 2-4.
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