A large earthquake struck the Iran-Pakistan border region on Tuesday. The 7.8 magnitude quake was located in a rural area, however, making estimates of the casualties difficult: Iran's Press TV initially reported 40 killed, then retracted the report. Pakistan has reported at least 35 dead in neighboring Baluchistan province and as many as 12,000 displaced. The temblor leveled the Pakistani town of Mashkel, but does not appear to have affected any of Iran's nuclear sites.
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