DUBAI/KARACHI: A major earthquake struck a region near the Iran-Pakistan border on Tuesday, with Iranian state television reporting at least 40 people killed in the aftermath.
An Iranian government official said he expected hundreds of deaths from the massive 7.8 magnitude earth quake, felt as far away as New Delhi and Gulf cities of Dubai and Bahrain.
“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.
