By Gul Yousafzai QUETTA, Pakistan (Reuters) – A major earthquake centered on a border area of southeast Iran killed at least 13 people in neighboring Pakistan, destroyed hundreds of houses and shook buildings as far away as India and Gulf Arab states on Tuesday. Communications with the area, a sparsely populated desert and mountain region, were largely cut, leading to conflicting preliminary reports of casualties in Iran. An Iranian provincial governor later said there were no deaths there. The epicenter was far from any of Iran's nuclear facilities. …

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/strong-8-magnitude-quake-hits-iran-110149111.html

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