Rescue efforts are being stepped up to help those affected by the magnitude-7.5 earthquake which hit remote areas of Afghanistan and Pakistan on Monday.
At least 260 people are known to have died. Many more were injured.
Rescue teams have been sent to remote mountainous areas where the effects of the quake are still unclear.
The quake's focus was deep, reducing its impact. Victims included 12 Afghan schoolgirls killed in a stampede as they tried to leave their classes.
"They fell under the feet of other students," a disaster official in the province of Takhar told Reuters.
Afghanistan's Chief Executive, Abdullah Abdullah, said the earthquake was the strongest felt in the country in recent decades.
The government was working to provide assistance for those affected, he said.
Most of the fatalities so far reported are in northern Pakistan, with at least 214 known casualties.
In Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province alone, authorities said at least 179 people were known to have died, and more than 1,800 were injured.
The Pakistan Red Crescent tweeted that its disaster response team had been dispatched to the affected areas.
Pakistan's information minister said the top priority was to save lives, and the rescue operation would continue "round the clock", state media reported.
India, Iran and US forces in Afghanistan have all offered help, but so far the local authorities have not requested assistance.
The US Geological Survey reported that the earthquake was centred in the mountainous Hindu Kush region, 76km (45 miles) south of Faizabad, in Afghanistan's Badakhshan province.
It was deep - over 200km (125 miles) below the surface - which meant the shaking at ground level was less than for a shallow earthquake.
Residents of Kabul and the Indian capital Delhi were shaken by the earthquake, which sent frightened people rushing into the streets.
Buildings in the Tajik capital Dushanbe were also damaged by the tremors.
The region has a history of powerful earthquakes caused by the northward collision of India with Eurasia. The two plates are moving towards each other at a rate of 4-5cm per year.
In 2005, a magnitude 7.6 quake in Pakistan-administered Kashmir left more than 75,000 people dead.
In April this year, Nepal suffered its worst earthquake on record with 9,000 people killed and about 900,000 homes damaged or destroyed.
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