Hundreds of people are feared dead after a huge earthquake hit the border regions betweenIran and Pakistan.
Tremors were felt across the Gulf region, across Pakistan and well into north-west India at around 10.45 GMT on Tuesday.
The US Geological Survey said it had measured the earthquake at magnitude 7.8 and gave its location as 50 miles east-south-east of the town of Khash, in Iran.
Though the area is largely desert and mountains, there are several major cities, including Zahedan, only 125 miles away, which has more than half a million inhabitants.
An Iranian official quoted by Reuters said hundreds of dead were expected as a result of the quake. “It was the biggest earthquake in Iran in 40 years and we are expecting hundreds of dead,” said the official, who spoke on condition of anonymity.
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