Deadly earthquake in rural Pakistan

A Pakistani villager evacuated from an earthquake-affected area in Baluchistan province rests at a local hospital in Karachi, Pakistan, Sept. 25, 2013.

Rescuers struggled to help thousands of people injured and left homeless after their houses collapsed in a major earthquake in southwestern Pakistan as the death toll rose from the massive tremor the day before.

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Pakistani villagers look for belongings amid the rubble of their destroyed homes following an earthquake in the remote district of Awaran, Baluchistan province, Pakistan, Sept. 25, 2013.

Pakistani relatives gather around injured earthquake survivors at a hospital in Karachi, Pakistan, Sept. 25, 2013.

Young Pakistani survivors are treated in a makeshift hospital in the devastated district of Awaran, Pakistan, Sept. 25, 2013.

Pakistani survivors clear the debris of destroyed houses in the earthquake-devastated district of Awaran, Pakistan, Sept. 25, 2013.

Pakistani earthquake survivors remove debris from their collapsed mud houses in the earthquake-devastated district of Awaran, Pakistan, Sept. 25, 2013.

Pakistani earthquake survivors rest near their collapsed mud houses in the earthquake-devastated district of Awaran, Pakistan, Sept. 25, 2013.

A Pakistani medic helps a villager evacuated from an earthquake-affected area in Baluchistan province at a local hospital in Karachi, Pakistan, Sept. 25, 2013.

A Pakistani child sleeps as earthquake survivors gather near their collapsed mud houses in the earthquake-devastated district of Awaran, Pakistan, Sept. 25, 2013.

People walk on an island Sept 25, 2013, that emerged off the coastline of Gwadar, Pakistan, in the Arabian Sea. A deadly magnitude 7.7 earthquake struck in the remote district of Awaran in Pakistan's Baluchistan province with enough force to create a small island visible off the southern coast, Pakistani officials said.

Pakistani earthquake survivors gather near their collapsed mud houses in the earthquake-devastated district of Awaran, Pakistan, Sept. 25, 2013.

Pakistani relatives carry an injured earthquake survivor at a hospital in Karachi, Pakistan, Sept. 25, 2013.

Pakistani earthquake survivors sit near their collapsed mud house in the earthquake-devastated district of Awaran, Pakistan, Sept. 25, 2013.

People walk on an island Sept. 25, 2013, that emerged off the coastline of Gwadar, Pakistan, in the Arabian Sea after a deadly magnitude 7.7 earthquake struck in the remote district of Awaran, Pakistan.

Pakistan Army troops head to earthquake-affected areas in Baluchistan province from Karachi, Pakistan, Sept. 25, 2013.

Pakistani villagers look for belongings amid the rubble of their destroyed homes Sept. 25, 2013, following an earthquake in the remote district of Awaran, Pakistan.

Destroyed homes are seen Sept. 25, 2013, following an earthquake in the remote district of Awaran, Pakistan.

Pakistani volunteers load relief supplies for earthquake-affected people in Baluchistan province, Pakistan, Sept. 25, 2013.

Injured Pakistani villagers wait to receive treatment at a local hospital in the remote district of Awaran, Pakistan, Sept. 25, 2013.

A Pakistani woman speaks on her mobile phone after rushing out of her apartment following a major earthquake that struck Baluchistan province in southwest Pakistan, 430 miles from Karachi, Sept. 24, 2013.