Death toll in Pakistan quake rises to 182 as rescuers try to reach injured A Pakistani official says the death toll from a major earthquake that struck the country's southwest Tuesday has risen to 182. A spokesman for the chief secretary of Baluchistan province, Kamran Asad, gave the updated death toll Wednesday. Previously, officials had put the death toll at 39. Another spokesman for the provincial government, Jan Mohammad Bulaidi, put the death toll as high as 216. The conflicting death tolls are likely due to the difficulty in contacting local officials and people in the remote region. The magnitude 7.7 quake struck in the district of Awaran in Pakistan's Baluchistan province.