A new powerful earthquake struck Saturday in southwestern Pakistan, shaking an area already trying to recover from a quake that killed more than 300 people, SIA reports citing CNN.
The 6.8 magnitude earthquake struck in Balochistan province Saturday about 96 kilometers (60 miles) northeast of Awaran, the United States Geological Survey said.
Just Tuesday, a 7.7 magnitude earthquake struck the same region of Pakistan. The death toll in that quake has risen to 359 people.
There were no immediate reports of damage, deaths or injuries from the latest quake.
A Balochistan Assembly session was under way when the quake struck. Local TV footage showed ministers and members of the Assembly walking out of the session due to the tremors and it was subsequently suspended.
"We cannot sit in the house after such strong tremors," Assembly member Mufti Gulab told CNN.
Saturday's 6.8 magnitude tremor "could be an independent earthquake and not an aftershock," of the 7.7-magnitude quake from earlier this week, Zahid Rafi, director of the National Seismic Centre, told CNN's Pakistan affiliate Geo News.
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