Pak quake: Scenes of grief, chaos amid flattened villages

Pakistani survivors gather around their destroyed houses in the earthquake-devastated district of Awaran on September 25, 2013.  Desperate villagers in southwest Pakistan clawed through the wreckage of their ruined homes , a day after a huge earthquake struck, killing more than 270 people and creating a new island off the coast.   AFP

A Pakistani survivor walks through the debris of destroyed houses in the earthquake-devastated district of Awaran on September 25, 2013.  Desperate villagers in southwest Pakistan clawed through the wreckage of their ruined homes , a day after a huge earthquake struck, killing more than 270 people and creating a new island off the coast.   AFP

Pakistani survivors clear the debris of destroyed houses in the earthquake-devastated district of Awaran on September 25, 2013.  Desperate villagers in southwest Pakistan clawed through the wreckage of their ruined homes , a day after a huge earthquake struck, killing more than 270 people and creating a new island off the coast.   AFP

Pakistani earthquake survivors sit near their collapsed mud house in the earthquake-devastated district of Awaran on September 25, 2013. The death toll from a major earthquake that hit southwestern Pakistan rose to 328 on September 25, officials said, with more fatalities feared as rescue teams reach the remote affected area. AFP

Pakistani earthquake survivors gather near their collapsed mud houses in the earthquake-devastated district of Awaran on September 25, 2013. The death toll from a major earthquake that hit southwestern Pakistan rose to 328 on September 25, officials said, with more fatalities feared as rescue teams reach the remote affected area. AFP

Pakistani earthquake survivors remove debris from their collapsed mud houses in the earthquake-devastated district of Awaran on September 25, 2013.  Desperate villagers in southwest Pakistan clawed through the wreckage of their ruined homes , a day after a huge earthquake struck, killing more than 270 people and creating a new island off the coast.   AFP

Pakistani survivors gather around the debris of their destroyed houses in the earthquake-devastated district of Awaran on September 25, 2013.  Desperate villagers in southwest Pakistan clawed through the wreckage of their ruined homes , a day after a huge earthquake struck, killing more than 270 people and creating a new island off the coast.   AFP

Pakistani earthquake survivors remove the debris from collapsed house in the devastated district of Awaran on September 25, 2013. Pakistan's military rushed to reach the scene of a huge earthquake that killed more than 230 people and toppled thousands of mud-built homes when it hit the country's southwest with enough force to create a new island off the coast.  AFP

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